1000 to benefit from house lot allocation during 2-day exercise

− 334 titles to be distributed to EBD residents

The Ministry of Housing and Water through its Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) will be allocating low-income house lots to some 1000 selected applicants during an upcoming two-day housing exercise.
The event will be held on July 26 and 27 at the Guyana National Stadium Tarmac in Providence, East Bank Demerara.
Housing Minister Collin Croal when contacted told Guyana Times that only persons who were pre-selected from the housing application backlog will benefit from the limited allocations.
“The persons to benefit from the allocation have been contacted and only those persons will be dealt with at the exercise,” Minister Croal stated during a phone interview with this publication.

In addition to the distribution of the 1000 house lots, the Housing Ministry will also be handing over some 334 land titles and transports to persons along the East Bank of Demerara.
A list with the names of these persons is being published in the newspapers, including <<<Guyana Times>>> (see Pages 16 & 17) leading up to tomorrow’s commencement of the exercise in order to notify these beneficiaries.
Meanwhile, Minister Croal also disclosed that his Ministry will be working in collaboration with the Ministry of Health to set up a COVID-19 vaccination team on site so that persons could get immunised, if they have not done so as yet, while at the exercise.

The People’s Progressive Party/Civic (PPP/C) Government is pursuing an ambitious housing plan with the aim of distributing some 50,000 house lots by the end of its five-year tenure – a promise that was made in its 2020 election manifesto.
After taking office last August, the Irfaan Ali-led Administration kicked off the housing drive in October 2020 with the CH&PA’s “Dream Realised” initiative, which was aimed at distributing titles and transports for house lots that were awarded to qualified persons.
During the two-day event held at the Stadium Tarmac in Providence, the Ministry saw 2500 persons and also distributed some 350 land titles and transports. At the time the Ministry also received 600 new applications for house lots.
Since then, the Housing Ministry has hosted similar events in various regions across the country where thousands of citizens benefitted. In fact, at its most recent housing drive in Linden, Region 10 (Upper Demerara-Berbice), some 400 house lots along with another 144 land titles and transports were allocated to residents in Amelia’s Ward.
According to a brief statement from the Ministry, the exercise marked the largest allocation in the region over the past five years.
Moreover, last week’s allocation of house lots in Linden is higher than the mere 300-plus lots that were distributed during the entire tenure of the APNU/AFC coalition Government.