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Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland today promised that a housing boom is coming to Barbados as he outlined several housing projects across the country to take residents out of squalor.Providing an update on those projects, some of which have already started, Sutherland explained that Government was keen on moving residents from unsafe environments.“We need to move with haste and we have no time to waste and persons telling us we [are] too hasty. When you have people living in squalor we have to move with alacrity,” he said.Sutherland was introducing a resolution i...

A prominent businessman is calling on Prime Minister Mia Mottley to intervene in a longstanding battle between his company and authorities over the development of land at Carlisle Bay, Bay Street, St Michael that was bought from the Barbados Tourism Investment Inc. (BTII) in 2019.Director of Savoy Development (Barbados) Inc. Allan Kinch is seeking answers about why the development was being blocked and suggested that Mottley’s intervention could prevent a major tourism project from being disrupted.In an interview with, public relations representative for Savoy Development (Barbados) Inc., Sa...

Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland has dismissed suggestions that there are plans to construct a high-rise car park at Dover, Christ Church.Responding to a query raised at the Christ Church Speaks meeting, at the Christ Church Foundation School on Wednesday evening, Sutherland said that at no time did the Ministry of Housing articulate or mention that such a facility would be constructed.However, the minister indicated that several weeks ago at a town hall meeting at Dover, it was mentioned that Government would be acquiring 25 parcels of land at Dover, Bath Village, ...

Government is on target towards building 10, 000 houses across the island. Speaking to the media on Wednesday, October 18, during a site visit at Haggatt Hall, St Michael where 12 housing units are being erected, Minister Of Housing, Land and Main

Twelve temporary housing units are being fast tracked to house those displaced by Hurricane Elsa. The units, separated into three complexes, are situated along Barker’s Road, Tichbourne and Haggatt Hall, St Michael. They are estimated to cost between BDS $180 000 to $190 000 each to build and are part of the East West project. Senior Minister Dr William Duguid said there were still too many people being housed at …