Nationwide survey coming to aid families with home construction, improvements

Vice President Dr Bharrat Jagdeo has revealed that, very shortly, the Government will conduct a countrywide survey with the aim of identifying citizens who may need assistance in constructing their homes.
This is in keeping with a promise made by the People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) on the campaign trail.
“If they are poor, if they’re at the low-income level and they need help, they will get the help. And so, we will now do a database of all of those people across all the ten regions of Guyana, including in the Amerindian communities, so that we can, as soon as possible, roll the programme out in the budget next year so that they can start receiving help,” Jagdeo said during a press conference Thursday.
“So, they may get, you know, a grant to assist them with the construction, not to construct the full home, but, as we said, to assist with the construction, and then also for poor families, home improvement [aid]. So, for example, if they have, you know, a leaky roof or anything like that, they can get help from the Government to do that,” he added.