1500 house lots for distribution in Berbice two-day event

The Ministry of Housing and Water in an effort to clear the backlog of pending applications in Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne) will be distributing 1,500 house lots, starting on Friday and concluding on Saturday. Additionally, over 100 home owners are also expected to receive titles for their properties.
The two-day Dream Realised event, which is being held on the lawns of State House in New Amsterdam in Region Six will see persons receiving house lots at two new housing areas: Providence and Glasgow, both part of Greater New Amsterdam.

Minister within The Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues, said the Ministry is currently on a move to clean up all pending applications dated before December 31, 2024.
Region Six has a backlog of about 6,200 pending applications, and Minister Rodrigues said they will all be addressed before the end of this year, 2025.
“And you know that you can take our word for it because over the last four and a half years, you have seen continuous delivery in the housing sector, and not only in this sector but all of the sectors of Government. You have seen that all of the Ministries have been working tremendously hard to deliver on our targets,” she asserted.
The Housing Ministry had committed to issuing 50,000 house lots during the People’s Progressive Party’s current term in office. Already, the figure has exceeded 45,000.
According to Rodrigues, the figure does not include house lots that were regularised or those allocated for commercial and industrial development.
The commitment to address the backlog up to 31 December 2024 is not unique to Region Six; it applies to all other regions, with the exception of Region Four, which has the highest number of outstanding allocations.
Meanwhile, Housing Minister Collin Croal noted that, prior to Thursday, a total of 45,800 house lots had been allocated nationwide since the current administration took office in 2020. Of that number, 4,545 were in Region Six.
Over the period, the Ministry received 4,393 new applications from the region.
“And I am starting today with our pending applicants in Region Six, with just over 6,000. We have been issuing letters that outline and commit the Government to have all pending applicants here in Region Six that have a pending application from December 31, 2024, and prior, will be addressed in this year 2025. We are only starting another round today; more lands are continually being allocated for these new areas. it is 1,500 we are making available today, and by the end of May, we will be back right here to allocate another set for the new area.”
Additionally, 3,000 house lots are being developed at Moleson Creek while a new housing scheme is being developed at Hogstye, all in Region Six.
“There is no need to worry because we will work on every area, all ten regions; address housing matters. Similarly, here in Region Six, we have investment in the infrastructure. The letter that you will be getting commits to you that the infrastructure work will be done in this year 2025, for the areas that you are being allocated,” Croal said.
He noted that $16.3 billion has been invested in infrastructure development at Number 75 and 76 Villages, Palmyra, Moleson Creek, and Hogstye.
The Minister pointed out that during the A Partnership for National Unity/Alliance For Change (APNU/AFC) tenure in Government from 2015 to 2020, there were only 1,100 house lots allocated in Region Six and 7,534 across the entire country.
“This is for first phase infrastructure to ensure that everyone has access to their lands that have already been allocated… to allocate land, required two things, and one is to find the land. It is the very Guyana that was here and the lands were all here, so the APNU+AFC had the lands to allocate too – it was at their disposal,” the Minister noted.