Region 2 residents get on-the-spot housing allocations 

Housing allocations were done on the spot for residents of Region Two (Pomeroon-Supenaam), during a planned outreach by the Housing and Water Ministry on Friday.
The two-day undertaking, executed through the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA), is a follow-up to Vice President Bharrat Jagdeo’s visit last month.
On Friday, residents were able to interact and air their concerns with Minister within the Housing Ministry, Susan Rodrigues, and other officials.
Organised at the Anna Regina Town Council, hundreds of residents took full advantage of the opportunity to have their pending housing, land, and water matters addressed and resolved. Attending the outreach were officials from the Conveyance Unit, the Land Allocation Unit, the Legal Department, Community Development, Planning, and Survey Units.

Rodrigues related that the Housing and Water Ministry is committed to resolving age-old issues on the coast and bringing an end to a number of boundary issues. She added that the Ministry spent three weeks accumulating data to bring on-the-spot solutions to issues affecting residents. Persons were assured that the way has been cleared for them to apply for ownership documents ranging from titles, transports, and also the agreements of sale.
“Today we are here to bring on-the-spot solutions to your housing issues and we will spend the next two days in order to put you a step closer to resolving your issues,” she told residents.
Satya Persaud, a resident of Anna Regina, said that she applied for a house lot a few years back and never got through. After being allocated on Friday, he expressed, “A few years back I applied for a house lot and I had issues getting it… Today I am happy to say that I came to the outreach and my matter was raised at this and I get through.”
In keeping with its manifesto, the PPP/C Government has given its commitment to delivering 50,000 house lots to Guyanese within its first term in office.
In 2021, the Government surpassed its target of distributing 10,000 house lots to Guyanese through its signature “Dream Realised” house lot distribution exercise. Because of the huge demand for housing, coupled with a backlog of applications, the Government, when it got into office, initiated its signature “Dream Realised” house lot distribution exercise held in Regions Two, Three, Four, Five, Six, Nine, and 10.
Additionally, the Government had processed close to 2000 titles and transports in its first year in office, while starting construction on 1000 houses and conducting massive infrastructural work – all part of an over $14 billion investment in the housing sector.
Plans for 2022 include the distribution of 15,000 house lots as well as the continuation of the home improvement and subsidy programme.
A sum of $12.4 billion was set aside in Budget 2022 for the housing sector, which goes towards the development of housing units and the necessary road network and other infrastructure to support these housing developments.
The Housing Ministry has also said it will work with other State agencies to make more land available for housing development. These agencies include the National Industrial and Commercial Investments Limited (NICIL); the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission (GLSC) and the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo). Land acquisition for housing development will be pursued.