{"id":19321,"date":"2024-04-30T21:57:37","date_gmt":"2024-04-30T21:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=19321"},"modified":"2024-04-30T21:57:53","modified_gmt":"2024-04-30T21:57:53","slug":"housing-ministry-provides-assistance-vouchers-to-32-laing-avenue-residents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/housing-ministry-provides-assistance-vouchers-to-32-laing-avenue-residents\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Ministry Provides Assistance Vouchers to 32 Laing Avenue Residents"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>By Saskia Warrick<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirty-two residents of Laing Avenue received a significant boost on Monday as they were granted assistance vouchers by the Housing Ministry. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Each beneficiary was presented with a $250,000 voucher to facilitate home repairs, along with an additional $100,000 to cover labor costs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This assistance marks the third batch of recipients in the community to benefit from the Government&#8217;s initiative aimed at promoting homeownership through housing repairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The beneficiaries expressed heartfelt gratitude for the transformative impact of the vouchers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr. Christian, one of the recipients, shared his excitement, highlighting the opportunity to conduct long-awaited repairs and paint his home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ann Braithwaite expressed her appreciation, emphasizing her desire to enhance her living space with &#8220;lil finaries.&#8221; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Similarly, Ron Johnson conveyed his gratitude for the assistance provided.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Housing and Water Minister, Collin Croal, disclosed that a total of $31.5 million has been invested in voucher distribution to date. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He encouraged other residents to take advantage of the housing subsidy, underscoring the Government&#8217;s commitment to providing affordable housing solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The $50 million house improvement program, introduced in July 2023 by Vice-President Dr. Bharrat Jagdeo, targets residents of Laing Avenue and Yarrow Dam. I<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ts objective is to ensure that individuals from all segments of society have access to affordable housing solutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the Housing Ministry continues to prioritize housing assistance initiatives, residents of Laing Avenue and beyond are poised to benefit from improved living conditions and enhanced housing infrastructure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Saskia Warrick Thirty-two residents of Laing Avenue received a significant boost on Monday as they were granted assistance vouchers by the Housing Ministry. Each beneficiary was presented with a&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":19322,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[365,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-human-development","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19321","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=19321"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19321\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19323,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19321\/revisions\/19323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19322"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}