Over 100 house lots distributed to allottees in Hope South -- at One Stop Shop exercise, Lusignan
Georgetown, GINA, September 26, 2011
Source - GINA
Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali facilitating an allottee to pull her lot number at the One Stop Shop at Lusignan
Following Friday’s One Stop Shop at Lusignan, where hundreds of houselots were processed for allottees on the East Coast, the Ministry of Housing took its service again to Lusignan where 100 houselots were processed for persons who were allocated lots in Hope South Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara.
On the East Coast alone, the Ministry of Housing and Water during the period 2000 - 2010 invested $21B towards the provision of services, of which $15.2B was invested in housing, creating over 30,500 houselots and benefiting 125,000 persons, Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali said.
At Hope South Housing Scheme, the ministry invested $79M to create infrastructure however, at the end of today’s One Stop Shop, the ministry would have only collected $9M of this total, a clear case that the Government is heavily subsidising the cost for the lots.
Persons at the One Stop Shop at Lusignan Community Centre Ground
“I want to assure you that we will continue to work hard to ensure your dreams are fulfilled, to ensure that we create a service that we can continue to improve so that we can be more efficient and reliable in our delivery of services to you,” he said.
This is the tenth One Stop Shop to be held for this year, taking the ministry’s services to allottees.
Minister Ali said the most satisfying part of creating the housing opportunities is that they also allow for the creation of integrated communities where religion and ethnicities do not matter as it allows people of different backgrounds to interface and share resources.
The allottees were warned against manipulating the One Stop Shop system in an attempt to acquire more than one lot as the Ministry will be publicly displaying at the Neighbhourhood Democratic Council’s notice board the list of houselot allottees.
Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali with some of the allottees. At far right is Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing Emile Mc Garrell
Guyana’s housing sector has over the years emerged to be not only one of the strongest sectors in the economy but, the leading one in the Caribbean and even Latin America, Minister Ali told those gathered at the One Stop Shop.
Guyanese are fortunate in that the Government can invest in critical areas of housing, health, education and water, Ali said.
To understand the magnitude of development in the country, he said, persons must reflect to 2005, when the flood was estimated to have destroyed about 55% of Guyana’s economy and in the face of such devastation the country has successfully bounced back and has been growing by 5% annually.
“This is a result of the strong fiscal programmes and the stable macro economic position of the Government, “Ali said.
This is also as a result of the resilience of the Guyanese people, their strength to withstand adversity, to put themselves back together, to work hard, to ensure their lives, and those of their families and the country as a whole develop, he emphasised.
New Building Society Officers attending to a houselot allottee
“At one time in our history, interest rate for housing loan was 37%, today we have a low income rate of 4.2%,” Minister Ali said.
This tells the story of the housing programme run by the staff of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) and the Ministry of Housing and Water towards improving the lives of people in every corner across the country.
Georgetown, GINA, September 26, 2011
Source - GINA
Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali facilitating an allottee to pull her lot number at the One Stop Shop at LusignanFollowing Friday’s One Stop Shop at Lusignan, where hundreds of houselots were processed for allottees on the East Coast, the Ministry of Housing took its service again to Lusignan where 100 houselots were processed for persons who were allocated lots in Hope South Housing Scheme, East Coast Demerara.
On the East Coast alone, the Ministry of Housing and Water during the period 2000 - 2010 invested $21B towards the provision of services, of which $15.2B was invested in housing, creating over 30,500 houselots and benefiting 125,000 persons, Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali said.
At Hope South Housing Scheme, the ministry invested $79M to create infrastructure however, at the end of today’s One Stop Shop, the ministry would have only collected $9M of this total, a clear case that the Government is heavily subsidising the cost for the lots.
Persons at the One Stop Shop at Lusignan Community Centre Ground“I want to assure you that we will continue to work hard to ensure your dreams are fulfilled, to ensure that we create a service that we can continue to improve so that we can be more efficient and reliable in our delivery of services to you,” he said.
This is the tenth One Stop Shop to be held for this year, taking the ministry’s services to allottees.
Minister Ali said the most satisfying part of creating the housing opportunities is that they also allow for the creation of integrated communities where religion and ethnicities do not matter as it allows people of different backgrounds to interface and share resources.
The allottees were warned against manipulating the One Stop Shop system in an attempt to acquire more than one lot as the Ministry will be publicly displaying at the Neighbhourhood Democratic Council’s notice board the list of houselot allottees.
Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali with some of the allottees. At far right is Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing Emile Mc GarrellGuyana’s housing sector has over the years emerged to be not only one of the strongest sectors in the economy but, the leading one in the Caribbean and even Latin America, Minister Ali told those gathered at the One Stop Shop.
Guyanese are fortunate in that the Government can invest in critical areas of housing, health, education and water, Ali said.
To understand the magnitude of development in the country, he said, persons must reflect to 2005, when the flood was estimated to have destroyed about 55% of Guyana’s economy and in the face of such devastation the country has successfully bounced back and has been growing by 5% annually.
“This is a result of the strong fiscal programmes and the stable macro economic position of the Government, “Ali said.
This is also as a result of the resilience of the Guyanese people, their strength to withstand adversity, to put themselves back together, to work hard, to ensure their lives, and those of their families and the country as a whole develop, he emphasised.
New Building Society Officers attending to a houselot allottee“At one time in our history, interest rate for housing loan was 37%, today we have a low income rate of 4.2%,” Minister Ali said.
This tells the story of the housing programme run by the staff of the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) and the Ministry of Housing and Water towards improving the lives of people in every corner across the country.
