According to a Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) press release, over 100 ranks of the Guyana Police Force were allocated house lots in Kildonan/Chesney and Number 76 and 77 villages yesterday at prices ranging from $92,000 to $300,000.
Several other citizens were also allocated house lots.
The house lots were handed out at a “Meet the Public Day” in Region Six at the Albion Sports Complex.
Commander of “B” Division, Ian Amsterdam applauded the CH&PA and Minister with responsibility for this sector, Valerie Sharpe-Patterson for working with the Guyana Police Association to organise the activity.
“I am indeed very happy that our Police Association has been able to broker this deal with the Ministry allowing our ranks this easy access to receive a house lot,” Amsterdam said.
Amsterdam pointed out that the tedium of the application process made house lot acquisition a burning issue for the ranks of the force. “The process was so long and then our rank could not get the time to leave work and go spend a whole day in George-town, so I just thank the Minister for coming to us,” he said.
The “B” Division Commander posited that the allocation will also help improve security in new housing areas. “If we have ranks living in all the new housing schemes, that is also going to be a security benefit to the area because they would be able to provide some amount of security to the neighbourhood that they are going to be living in,” he said.
According to the release, the activity is expected to continue today at the Region Five Regional Office (Fort Wellington). Serving ranks of the Guyana Police Force and residents of Burma will be targeted, the release said.
