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Government is working on a plan to use the 25 000-plus derelict properties and empty lots across the island to build more housing for Barbadians.Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland, who made the disclosure on Wednesday, said research had confirmed that there are more than 15 000 derelict properties and 10 000 vacant lots in Barbados.And he said demolition of derelict buildings has already begun.“It is Government’s [plan] to place houses on most of these available lan...

A private-public partnership is needed to fulfill Government’s ambitious goal of building 10 000 houses over the next five years.Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland said this was why the Mia Mottley-led administration has been creating an enabling environment for the private sector to build more than half those houses.Speaking to the media following Wednesday’s tour of Ridge Meadows in Christ Church where B.J Investments Limited has been providing homeownership oppor...

Hundreds of Barbadians whose houses were damaged by Hurricane Elsa almost a year and a half ago will have to spend yet another Christmas away from their homes.Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland said on Wednesday that while more than half of the 1 796 damaged houses have either been repaired or rebuilt, the others are still waiting for work to be completed.“While we are sorry, we have done an excellent job. We have reached over 50 per cent and the fact that we can acce...

Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley says it is important for Barbados to remain resilient and to stick to its policies in an unstable world She was delivering the feature address yesterday at the former Glebe Polyclinic in St George, now renamed the Frederick “Freddie” Miller Polyclinic. Miller was a businessman, engineer, electrician and politician, the late father of former Deputy Prime Minister, Ambassador Dame Billie Miller. “This country cannot afford …

Controversy surrounds Government’s housing project at Lancaster, St James with allegations of late payment and other worker concerns and a dispute that has engaged the attention of police.The trouble between state-owned developer Home Ownership Providing Energy (HOPE) Inc. and subcontractor Barbados Contractors & Artisans Cooperative Society Limited (BCACS) began after the latter entity claimed pay has been late on several occasions – and, in some instances, has not come at all – and w...

Derelict and unoccupied houses continue to be a concern for the Barbados Fire Service. And although fires for the year were on “a downward trend” said senior fire and life safety officer Andrew Taylor who was a guest on last Sunday’s edition of weekly The 311 Radio Show on VOB 92.9 FM, they were adding to the increases in residential fires recorded to date. The show’s host Jason Collins, who …

History was created last night at the Barbados Football Association (BFA) Wildey Turf. The first national tournaments to be hosted since the COVID-19 pandemic came to an exciting finish last night at the home of football. The inaugural champion

The cries of some of Barbados’ contractors and artisans have not fallen on deaf ears. During a press conference last Thursday, the Contractors and Artisans Co-op Society charged that their members were not being afforded the same empowering opportunities as the bigger players, and Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland says he is willing to meet with them. “We treat all Barbadians the same way. When I was …

Owning a piece of the rock and staking an authentic claim to this country has been the dream of most Barbadians.While the history of plantocracy on the island meant that the majority of working class Barbadians were tenants, that was never to be the end game of those who had their work status tied to the plantations on which their chattel houses were situated.The aim was to be homeowners firstly and land owners ultimately. We can even go so far as to argue that Barbadians tend to be homeowners a...

Government will use the parcels of land acquired in Kensington New Road and Beckles Land, St Michael to improve the living conditions for the residents, and by extension, stem the social decay in those areas. That was the assurance from Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland, who was speaking in the House of Assembly on Tuesday morning as he led debate on the Resolution Section 3 Land Acquisition …