A total of 1695 house lots, on Wednesday, were allocated for the housing scheme at Farm Phase 2 area on the East Bank Demerara at the Central Housing and Planning Authority’s (CH&PA) seventh ‘One Stop Shop’ programme for 2013 at the Guyana National Stadium at Providence.
According to a release from the Government Information Agency (GINA), Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali said that the ‘One Stop Shop’ was an activity that has transformed home ownership and more importantly shifted the age at which persons become homeowners. He noted that years ago, persons in their 50s and 60s retired without owning a home, or plot of land. However the situation has changed to such an extent that the average landowner or homeowner, these days, is well below 35 years old.
GINA said that he stated that the PPP/C government has spent a tremendous amount of its time and resources on its strategic housing policy as an