Over 400 Reg 3 families to benefit from move-in-ready housing units

As the Government moves ahead with major allocation exercises for Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara), some 444 low-moderate- and high-income housing units are to be constructed to ease the backlog of more than 11,000 housing units in that region. On Thursday, Housing and Water Minister Collin Croal and Permanent Secretary Bishram Kuppen conducted a site visit to several areas where some of the units are located and where construction will commence.
Those areas include Anna Catherina, where 63 two-bedroom units are to be completed; Leonora, where 172 are to be completed; Groenveldt, where 159 are to be completed; Edinburgh, where 25 are to be completed; and Meten-Meer-Zorg, where 25 are to be completed.

Out of this lot, two private developers would each be constructing 25 three- and two-bedroom housing units, while the first 50 Young Professional units in the region would be constructed at Groenveldt.
According to Croal, the units — some of which have already been allocated, while some are yet to be constructed – would aid in meeting the housing demand in the region.
He told reporters that the units also represent the agency’s commitment to providing equal housing opportunities for citizens in every region. The Minister also referenced the spinoff benefit of the booming construction sector in the region, noting that all the contractors who have been awarded are from within the region.
Permanent Secretary Bisham Kuppen has said he is satisfied with the progress ongoing at projects visited, and that the agency remains committed to delivering on the Government’s mandate to provide affordable housing for all.
Citing the Government’s housing programme as one of the best in the Caribbean, Kuppen noted that the agency also continues to do all in its power to subsidise the cost of housing options available.
He noted that while the agency is subsidising the cost of the housing options, this by no means takes away from the quality of the final product.