Georgetown: Government has regularized 91% of the squatter settlements. Those persons will now have an opportunity to use that title or transport to enhance their living conditions and standards by opening up new economic frontiers, according to the Minister of Housing Irfaan Ali.
He explained that the infrastructure to support this is now in place; there are now better roads, schools, health centers and other such infrastructure that are all linked to national development.
The Minister noted that there will be 30,000 new house lots by 2015, a remigrants’ housing scheme and other special programmes for young professionals and single persons.
Adding that there is a booming housing sector, the Minister said Housing Ministry pledged to have a further 6500 house lots and 4000 land titles distributed to ensure that the vision for the sector is achieved.
In addition to the allocation of lots, 200 core houses will be made available to under-privileged families, while the programme for professional groups will provide 200 teachers, nurses and policemen with fast track access to loans for home construction.
Alluding to other such successful housing initiatives, Minister Ali said, “To ensure greater access to affordable housing we have establishment of a turnkey housing initiative, which seeks to minimise the time taken between allocation, loan application and construction by immediately providing two- bedroom houses to an additional 80 families by the end of the year.”
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