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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 lands as a result of the removal of derelict properties…,” Sutherland told the media following a to...

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 opportunities for 565 Barbados families, Sutherland stressed that Government was on a mission with its ho...

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 access monies from the Catastrophe Fund means that we can finish these houses before the end of the fina...

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 workers have not been provided with all the materials needed to complete their tasks, resulting in de...