Ten families squatting on lands at the Zeelugt Sideline Dam in Region Three have been allotted house lots in the new Stewartville Housing Scheme.
The allocations were done at the scheme yesterday by a team from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) including Director of Community Development, Gladwin Charles, Regional Housing Officer, O’shanna Miggins and other technical staff.
The allocations are in keeping with a commitment made by the Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal during an outreach earlier in the month, a release yesterday from the CHPA said. The Minister at the time assured residents that the agency is working to fast-track relocation and regularization in informal settlements across the region. During yesterday’s exercise, Charles noted that the area occupied by the squatters is near the community’s primary school and as such poses a number of issues.
