{"id":26165,"date":"2025-02-08T20:58:41","date_gmt":"2025-02-08T20:58:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=26165"},"modified":"2025-02-08T20:58:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-08T20:58:42","slug":"over-12-billion-invested-in-housing-projects-across-guyana-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/over-12-billion-invested-in-housing-projects-across-guyana-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Over $12 Billion Invested in Housing Projects Across Guyana in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p><em>By Kimberly Giddings | January 6, 2025<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2024, the Ministry of Housing and Water has expended over $12.5 billion to complete more than 1,600 houses across the coast, ensuring that citizens from all walks of life have the opportunity to become homeowners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Minister of Housing and Water, Hon. Collin Croal, reported that a significant portion of this investment\u2014$4.3 billion\u2014was directed towards completing more than 550 houses, offering housing solutions across various income categories, including low, moderate, and middle-income housing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Croal emphasized that the government&#8217;s initiative ensures equal access to homeownership, with no one being left behind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also announced that over 1,000 additional homes are currently under construction along the coast as part of the national housing program. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These projects are expected to be completed by mid-2025, further expanding housing availability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hinterland Housing Programme, initially allocated $1 billion to build 400 homes, has now disbursed $750 million across regions 1, 7, 8, and 9. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To date, over 100 houses have been handed over in regions 1 and 9, with ongoing construction in the hinterland areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This housing initiative is part of the broader national development plan, ensuring that all citizens have access to affordable and quality housing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kimberly Giddings | January 6, 2025 In 2024, the Ministry of Housing and Water has expended over $12.5 billion to complete more than 1,600 houses across the coast, ensuring&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[366,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26165","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\/26165","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=26165"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26165\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26166,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26165\/revisions\/26166"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}