Region 2 Housing Office set for year-end completion

Despite a number of setbacks, the new Regional Housing Office for Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam) will be completed and fully functioning by the end of this year.
Chief Executive Officer of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), Sherwyn Greaves made this commitment, assuring residents that while they will continue to engage residents of Essequibo on a move to address age-old issues, the Housing and Water Ministry’s plans are in place to straighten its regional services.
A sum of $10 million has been set aside for the rehabilitation and furnishing of a building at Anna Regina, which will serve as the Regional Housing Office. With a sufficient space and requisite staff, the CEO said more long-standing housing matter will be addressed in a timelier manner.
Meanwhile the CEO concluded his visit to the region with a meeting at Suddie’s Learning and Resource Centre where himself and team engaged residents with pending housing matters. A number of on-the-spot allocations were also done.
Since taking office, Government has moved to decentralise these services by budgeting monies for both facilities and human resources in the various regions. In June, officials turned the sod for a new Guyana Water Inc and Central Housing and Planning Authority regional office at Lethem, Region Nine (Upper Takutu-Upper Essequibo). Under the 2021 budgetary allocation to Guyana Water Inc, the sum of $23 million was budgeted for the construction of the new office and construction commenced in September.
Already under the Central Housing and Planning Authority, Regional Housing Officers have been appointed in Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) and Six (East Berbice-Corentyne).
Further plans are in place for a regional office for Guyana Water Inc in Bartica, Region Seven (Cuyuni-Mazaruni) which will house the first-ever CH&PA regional office.
After spending one year in office, Government had processed close to 2000 titles and transports, while starting construction on 1000 houses and conducting massive infrastructural work – a $14 billion investment in the housing sector.
This year, the housing sector received a total allocation of $8.9 billion in the budget. Of this sum, $6 billion will go towards infrastructure and utility works in new and existing areas. This will pave the way for the allocation of over 10,000 house lots and 7000 land titles to citizens. The Government has also gone countrywide with its “Dream Realised” house lot distribution campaign – an exercise that has so far distributed over 4000 house lots and over 500 land transports.