{"id":16758,"date":"2024-02-25T23:30:06","date_gmt":"2024-02-25T23:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=16758"},"modified":"2024-02-25T23:30:08","modified_gmt":"2024-02-25T23:30:08","slug":"minister-rodrigues-announces-distribution-of-10000-house-lots-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/minister-rodrigues-announces-distribution-of-10000-house-lots-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Minister Rodrigues Announces Distribution of 10,000 House Lots in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><strong><em>by Saskia Warrick <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister within the Housing and Water Ministry, Susan Rodrigues, has declared that another 10,000 or more house lots will be distributed this year, fulfilling a crucial aspect of the government&#8217;s manifesto promise. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since 2020, over 30,000 applicants have been granted house lots across the nation, with 45% of recipients being single parents and 54% being young individuals. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Rodrigues emphasized that while there is significant demand from Regions 3 and 4, applicants do not have the privilege of selecting the exact location. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This strategy ensures that the new housing schemes promote ethnic diversity and prevent discrimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, Minister Rodrigues disclosed that housing developments cater to the joint services, ensuring that members of the military, police, and other essential services have access to housing options.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With a growing demand for low and middle-income housing, only 8% of the housing allocation is designated for high-income earners. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister Rodrigues expressed confidence that the government will not only meet but exceed its manifesto promise of distributing 50,000 house lots by 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative underscores the government&#8217;s commitment to providing affordable housing options for its citizens and promoting inclusivity in housing distribution.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by Saskia Warrick Minister within the Housing and Water Ministry, Susan Rodrigues, has declared that another 10,000 or more house lots will be distributed this year, fulfilling a crucial aspect&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":16760,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16758","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=16758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16761,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16758\/revisions\/16761"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}