Central Housing and Planning Authority Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lelon Saul said that all the units displayed at the Housing Expo have attracted the interests of prospective homeowners and the Authority is currently vetting and shortlisting applicants.
Saul made the disclosure at a press conference, on Monday, to provide the mid-year report of the CH&PA. He informed that in order to take advantage of the CH&PA’s housing solutions interested persons must have an active application in the system and be able to make payments.
“For you to become eligible for one of the houses, you have to have an active application in the system and if you are dealing with a private contractor, the private contractor must confirm with us that there is an active application in the system and then we would shortlist you,” he said.
Saul added that for the year so far, the housing body has been on par with achieving the targets set for the year 2017. He further stated that thus far they have been able to allocate and distribute house lots in both coastal and hinterland regions; convey certificates of titles and transports; engage in infrastructural development works in several schemes; review and approve or reject planning.
Director of Operations, Denise King-Tudon, noted that persons were taking advantage of the housing solutions offered by the CH&PA. “The target that was set this year with respect to housing solutions is 2000 in terms of the target and to date we have achieved 355 of that target. So 355 persons have already acquired housing solutions from the Government. Secondly, in terms of the distribution of titles and transport to persons allocated, the target set for this year has almost been achieved… “because 1855 (of 2000) persons are in receipt of their titles or transport,” King-Tudon informed.
“With respect to the housing solutions talking about the duplexes, townhouses and the range of solutions we plan to offer to applicants who are in the process of acquiring such for use, we would have received over 3000 persons. They have registered to be a part and to obtain solutions from us. We’re in the process of disaggregating that data,” she added.
Denise King-Tudon
Acting Director of Projects, Omar Narine, informed that out of the 12-component programme for 2017, the CH&PA has been able to achieve three components thus far. Those components include the infrastructural development in existing schemes, completion of rollover projects, retendering of terminated contracts, electrification of schemes and hinterland housing developments.
“On our new hinterland programme so far we are working to complete full house construction and roof replacements in Region One and Nine and also we have commenced the procurement process for materials and labour of full-house construction of 82 houses in Region One … and also a further 24 full-construction houses in Region Nine,” he informed.
