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Government is about to accelerate the relocation of squatters from Rock Hall, St Philip. Minister of Housing Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland told the House of Assembly yesterday that on Monday he would be visiting the area as the process to move some residents there to Parish Land in the same parish advanced. Sutherland also warned people against building new homes in the area near the Grantley Adams International Airport …
Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland has given the assurance that despite challenges related to the construction of 150 steel-framed houses imported from China, “every affected Barbadian promised such a house will receive one within the next four months”. These houses, which include solar photovoltaic panels on the roofs, were to be shipped from September, 2021, and delivered and installed by December 31, 2021, at a cost of …
Government has voted to vest the St Joseph Hospital property in a proposed joint venture (“a commercial special purpose vehicle”) between the Government and the UWI Cave Hill Campus for redevelopment of the Ashton Hall, St Peter site. This was one of only two resolutions jointly debated in the House of Assembly yesterday under Government Business, tabled by Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland. The other resolution rescinded …
Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance, Dwight Sutherland, met with National Housing Corporation’s (NHC) independent contractors as part of Government’s plan to build 10 000 quality houses. While Sutherland outlined Government’s vision, the contractors expressed concerns such as receiving payment for work completed and inflation, which resulted in high building costs. With regard to payments, Financial Controller of the NHC, Pamela Brome said that many of the contractor’ accounts were …
Government is promising to complete repairs to hundreds of homes damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Elsa before the next hurricane season begins. Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland said it will cost in excess of $70 million, but his ministry was moving ahead with the housing solutions, which included 150 imported houses from China. Speaking to the media yesterday at Haggatt Hall, St Michael, where the foundation for …