The families who were left homeless after their home in the East La Penitence Housing Compound partially collapsed are hoping to build temporary shelters in the compound which will house them until they receive the land they were recently promised by the Ministry of Communities.
Last Thursday, two buildings in the compound collapsed leaving several families homeless. With nowhere to go, the families have been sleeping on the ground near one of the collapsed buildings which has been their home for 23 years.
According to Felicia Nixon, a resident of the compound, an official from the Ministry of Communities visited the compound sometime after the building had collapsed. She said the official promised them that some of the families would get house lots and told them to start the process for acquiring land.