Woman wins battle against CH&PA over ‘seized’ house

A Parfait Harmonie mother has succeeded in her quest to stop the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) from repossessing her house and has also been awarded $200, 000 in damages.

Gaytrie Singh, a single mother of four, filed a court action earlier this year after the CH&PA broke into her home and attempted to reclaim it. Among other things, Singh, sought to have the court grant a conservatory order prohibiting servants and/or agents of the CH&PA or any other officer of the State from interfering with her possession and occupation of her property at Lot 902 Plantation Westminster, Parfait Harmonie. She also sought over $10M in damages for what she wanted the court to declare were breaches of her constitutional right not to have her property seized without compensation.