As Government stays true to its vision of providing a better quality of life for all, another five families on Friday received keys to their brand-new homes under the Core Home Support programme.
The handing-over signals new beginnings for these families, who once had to endure less-than-desirable living conditions. Minister Susan Rodrigues, Minister within the Housing and Water Ministry, shared in the proud moment with the Stanford, Duncan, and Paul families earlier this afternoon as she handed over their keys and Certificates of Inspection.
Leon Standford, with his wife and two children, will soon be moving into his new home at Westminster, as would Helena Duncan and her family of four; while Sophia Paul, with her three children and one granddaughter, will be moving into her home at Recht-door-Zee, West Bank Demerara (WBD).
Having received his keys, Standford expressed his gratitude to the Inter-American Development Bank, the Government, and the Ministry s team, whom he said were relentless in seeing the project to the end.
He explained that, for years, he and his family had occupied a wooden structure, which they had recently demolished to pave the way for the construction of his new home, once he learned he had qualified for the Core Home under the Adequate Housing and Urban Accessibility programme.
We had a small wooden house, and I didn’t have all the convenience. I have a wife and two kids, one of my daughters is writing CXC, and now we all have a place we can call home, Stanford expressed.
