Minister of Housing and Water Colin Croal yesterday told the National Assembly that the APNU+AFC administration’s largest housing project failed to accomplish the objective of facilitating home ownership because the former government failed to amend the relevant laws.
Homeownership, he told the House, is the main aim of every Guyanese citizen, which is why the PPP/C has always prioritised affordable housing but the APNU+AFC, he claimed, derailed the sector with weak ideas and poor implementation.
“They did not and could not clear the backlog or even meet the target they set. They promised houses to public servants and could not deliver. They promised incentives to private sector to reduce cost of construction materials and again could not deliver. They could not keep any of the promises that they made in their manifesto,” Croal stressed as he made his contribution to the 2021 budget debate.