Demolition of the dilapidated three-storey wooden structures in Waterloo Street’s notorious ‘Globe Yard’ began yesterday but the over 50 persons who live there lamented that they are now homeless.
Although they acknowledged that their matter was personal, the occupants of the four buildings located at Lot 135 Waterloo Street, Georgetown are calling on government to intervene so that they can be expeditiously given lands to build on.
“Dexter (a relative) called last night and say ‘Donna deh coming tomorrow’ to bruk down so ah de know but I don’t have anywhere to go,” 56-year-old Donna Allen told Stabroek News yesterday. “I have nowhere to go but if I get a piece of land tomorrow, I will tek um right away and build a lil thing and so on…government should see how they can help us out please,” she pleaded.
Allen is the mother of five children whose grandfather owned the front property. She and her husband, who is the son of the owner lived for over fifteen years at the location before he died eight years ago. She said that she has no documents to substantiate a claim to the property as all the paperwork is held by her nephew-in law but the land is “family property…everything belong to Allens.”
The woman recounted that in 2008, the City Council had written them about the decrepit state of the building and the safety hazards it posed and gave notice that it was listed to be demolished. She said that the council worked in tandem with the
