![CH&PA’s Chief Executive Officer, Lelon Saul [left], Minister within the ministry of Communities with Responsibility for Housing, Annette Ferguson [centre] and Chief Executive Officer of FFTP, Kent Vincent presenting the signed MOU for the project. (DPI photo)](https://s1.stabroeknews.com/images/2019/06/annettek.jpg)
Twenty families who were squatting on a Broad and Lombard streets property, will soon have their homes constructed at Prospect housing scheme on the East Bank Demerara, thanks to funding from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) and Food for the Poor (FFTP).
The Department of Public Information (DPI) said that the $31 million project is pegged for a November completion and is the first phase of the relocation exercise. Those 20 families were given priority based on households with young children, especially those who are attending school.
Phase Two will see the remaining 50 families having their homes constructed at Cummings Lodge.
According to Chief Executive Officer of FFTP, Kent Vincent, his organisation’s partnership with the CH&PA is the first first of its kind and he looks forward to similar ventures in the future. He noted that FFTP has itself built more than 3,900 homes countrywide for families.