Over 150 Region Two residents receive land titles in housing drive

Over 150 Region Two residents received their agreements of sale and land titles on Friday, granting them legal ownership of their land.

These individuals were allocated land at the Onderneeming Housing Scheme Phase IV. The two-day housing drive is ongoing at the regional housing office at Takuba Lodge Compound in Anna Regina, along the Essequibo Coast.

Legal land ownership enables an individual to obtain finance from local banks for expansion projects or to start a business.

Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, and the Minister within the ministry, Susan Rodrigues, are spearheading the exercise.

Minister Croal said the initiative forms part of the government’s effort to provide families with financial independence.

Close to 132 certificates of title will be available for collection over the two days, and all allocations made this year will have their titles issued by 2025.

The minister urged residents to be patient and assured them that the ministry is working diligently to address some of the outstanding housing issues in the region.

Efforts are also progressing to regularise Lima Sands, Paradise, Jib, Maria’s Lodge, and Walton Hall this year. This initiative will benefit about 100 residents.

Minister within the Ministry of Housing and Water, Susan Rodrigues, announced that 500 new house lots will be allocated during the housing drive.

“We have not limited ourselves to what we can do at the Ministry of Housing and Water,” she emphasised.

Residents also had the opportunity to speak to the ministers about various housing and water concerns. (DPI)

Central Housing and Planning Authority staff busy at work in Region Two