Housing Ministry to regularise 325 house lots in Reg 2 – Min Croal

– says new lands to open up soon

In keeping with its manifesto promise to deliver 50,000 house lots to Guyanese by 2025, the Government is moving to regularise some 325 lots in Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam).
This includes 18 lots in Sparta, 22 in Windsor Castle, 37 in Coffee Grove, 42 in Fair Knot, and 48 in Lima Sands.
Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal said the exercise is being spearheaded in conjunction with the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) and the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GL&SC).
“We have done a lot of work on behalf of Central Housing and Planning Authority to address the ownership for Lima Sands. These are matters that we have inherited but we have had duplication, we have different persons who have come over the period. But the Community Development Department has completed the occupancies for that area so, we have a report, a file on every one of those lots,” Minister Croal said.
The Minister who was at the time speaking at the cement and steel vouchers distribution exercise Friday last, also disclosed that when this exercise is complete, new lands will be available to residents.
“We are also working with the Guyana Lands and Survey Commission to be able to acquire additional lands. see the lands here in region two but all the other lands are owned or leased by private individuals. And that’s where our challenge is – however, we’re working very closely with Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission to address that.”
Further, through the Ministry, the government is looking to increase the occupancy rate in the Onderneeming and Charity Housing Schemes by ensuring citizens have ownership of their certificate of title.
These efforts include making previously allocated lands accessible to their owners, and reinforcing regional services.
“There are 226 lots within that area (Charity Housing Scheme) but there have been only 60 of those occupants who have processed title. So whenever you hear anyone now who’s from the charity area that says they do not have ownership, then it has to be they have not put their house in order, meaning we probably cannot verify the respective ownership or they have not paid off their fees for us to be able to process the title. So, I thought I would make that mention of that so that you can encourage the others because obviously you can use this document for other purposes and it’s also a surety,” Croal added.