Re-migrant housing scheme 45 percent completed
Minister Ali
-over 1200 applications received
The distribution of 30,000 new house lots, a remigrants’ housing scheme and other special programmes for young professionals and single persons are among some of the plans of the Ministry of Housing and Water for the next five years.
Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali, told the Government Information Agency that the remigrant housing scheme initiative has already begun to materialize, and that programmes were launched based on the demands the Ministry received from Guyanese across the globe, expressing their interest to re-migrate to their birth place.
Ongoing Infrastructural Works, Providence - Remigrant Scheme
Massive developmental works ongoing in Leonora as Region 3 development continues
A lot of investment has been made in the 10 administrative regions to boost development within and, Region Three, Essequibo Islands/West Demerara has benefitted from this investment as during the 2000 and 2010, more than $15B was spent in the region’s housing sector, creating more than 23,600 houselots and bringing benefits to over 97,700 people.
Housing meets all targets in 2011
Plantation Balthyock regularised, 89 residents to receive titles
Government is well on its way to fulfilling one of its manifesto promises of curtailing squatting by regularizing squatting areas that can be regularized and relocating those that cannot be, as Plantation Balthyock located at the left Bank of Berbice River, Blairmont Number One Settlement, West Bank Berbice is now regularised.
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