The Hon. Mohamed Irfaan Ali Minister of Housing & Water

Welcome to the Central Housing & Planning Authority (Guyana)

The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), was established in 1948, vide the Housing Act, Chapter 36:20, to address the housing needs of the citizens of Guyana. The Agency, which is under the purview of the Ministry of Housing and Water, has the following primary objectives:

  • Divestment of Government land to eligible Guyanese for residential use.
  • Development of housing schemes and regularization and upgrade of squatter settlements.
  • Orderly and progressive development of Land, Cities, Towns, Urban and Rural areas.
  • Granting security of tenure, (Transports and Certificates of Title to Land).
  • Preparation of development plans for urban centers.
  • Provision of services (access roads, internal road networks, water distribution networks, drainage, electricity).
  • Collaboration with stakeholders for the development of sustainable communities.

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Re-migrant housing scheme 45 percent completed

09 January 2012

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.

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Ongoing Infrastructural Works, Providence - Remigrant Scheme

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Massive developmental works ongoing in Leonora as Region 3 development continues

07 January 2012

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.

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Housing meets all targets in 2011

31 December 2011
The Ministry of Housing and Water encapsulates two very important social sectors, that are both pivotal components of the nation’s socio-economic development, and critical to the daily wellbeing of the Guyanese people.

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Plantation Balthyock regularised, 89 residents to receive titles

19 December 2011

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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To formulate policies in the Human Settlement and Water Sectors and to Monitor the implementation of plans, programmes and projects designed to satisfy the Housing and Water needs of the Population.