{"id":29704,"date":"2026-04-30T19:43:29","date_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=29704"},"modified":"2026-04-30T19:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T23:43:29","slug":"single-window-system-speeds-up-housing-process-min-croal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/single-window-system-speeds-up-housing-process-min-croal\/","title":{"rendered":"Single window system speeds up housing process &#8211; Min. Croal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>Minister of Housing Collin Croal says the single-window system is transforming\u00a0planning and development approvals.\u00a0By shifting from paper-based procedures to a fully online platform, the ministry has processed\u00a0thousands of applications and reduced its backlog by 99 per cent.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a recent forum, the minister disclosed that thousands of applications have\u00a0been processed, resulting in a decrease in pending cases.\u00a0Additionally, ongoing weekly reviews and targeted interventions are helping to keep the system\u00a0efficient and minimize delay for applicants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;We have reduced our backlog by 99 percent.\u00a0We still have, and when I&#8217;m referring here in Porto, it&#8217;s called a legacy background,\u00a0the legacy outstanding applications.\u00a0These are ones that are in the system many times from last year or longer period,&#8221; <\/strong>he explained. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ministry says the rollout of its single-window system marks a significant shift in how housing\u00a0approvals are processed.\u00a0The digital platform replaces traditional paper-based system with a one-stop online\u00a0portal integrating 14 government agencies and eight local authorities into a single\u00a0coordinated network.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Officials say the move is part of a wider push to modernize government services and\u00a0improve efficiency nationwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>&#8220;It&#8217;s really a fundamental shift and a major shift, I would say, in every regard that is\u00a0happening in every sector, from the way how we have been doing things.\u00a0So you&#8217;re moving from fragmented, from paper-based processes,\u00a0from moving from all of that bits and pieces to a fully integrated system<\/strong>,&#8221; he said. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0Approval times are being reduced, with strong public uptake and thousands of applications\u00a0already submitted, while the system improves speed, transparency, and real-time tracking\u00a0for users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Minister of Housing Collin Croal says the single-window system is transforming\u00a0planning and development approvals.\u00a0By shifting from paper-based procedures to a fully online platform, the ministry has processed\u00a0thousands of applications and&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,523,471,350],"tags":[488,525,412,405,969],"class_list":["post-29704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-housing","category-infrastructural-development","category-news","tag-488","tag-ministry-of-housing","tag-ncn-guyana","tag-ncn-news","tag-single-window-system"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29704","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29704"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29706,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29704\/revisions\/29706"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}