{"id":15020,"date":"2024-01-04T14:46:48","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=15020"},"modified":"2024-01-04T14:46:49","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:46:49","slug":"new-housing-developments-planned-for-region-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/new-housing-developments-planned-for-region-six\/","title":{"rendered":"New Housing Developments Planned for Region Six"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>The Ministry of Housing and Water in Guyana is set to open a new housing scheme in Moleson Creek, Corentyne, Berbice, as part of the government&#8217;s ambitious target to allocate 50,000 house lots by 2025. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, shared with the media in Berbice that over 29,000 allocations have already been made across the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, there is still a demand for housing in the Upper Corentyne and New Amsterdam areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To address this, plans are underway to open a new housing scheme at Moleson Creek on the Corentyne, where the construction of the Corentyne River Bridge will connect Guyana with Suriname.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Royan-Berbice-Housing.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Croal explained that the decision to establish new housing schemes is influenced by the demand in specific areas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For instance, the Fort Ordinance housing scheme experienced high demand due to its proximity to New Amsterdam, the business community, and regional government services. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry aims to meet this demand by acquiring additional lands and developing new housing schemes, with Moleson Creek being one of the priority locations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing another housing development project, Minister Croal mentioned that the construction of homes for young professionals in Palmyra is set to commence soon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Infrastructural works are already in progress to facilitate the construction of 100 homes in the initial phase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Additionally, the Central Housing and Planning Authority has completed the construction of 200 low-income homes, with 100 located in Hampshire and another 100 in Fort Ordinance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These homes have already been allocated to beneficiaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of Housing and Water&#8217;s initiatives reflect the government&#8217;s commitment to meeting the housing needs of the population and promoting sustainable development.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ministry of Housing and Water in Guyana is set to open a new housing scheme in Moleson Creek, Corentyne, Berbice, as part of the government&#8217;s ambitious target to allocate&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":15022,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15020","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15020","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15020"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15020\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15023,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15020\/revisions\/15023"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15022"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15020"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15020"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15020"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}