President Irfaan Ali last evening announced that some 300 prefab homes will be built on lands already set aside to accommodate visitors for the Caribbean Premier League (CPL) and revenue from the venture will go towards home payments for the neediest.
“We are looking at a very innovative model. We are looking at a way in which we can marry cricket with uplifting people out of poverty. So, we are setting aside land to build 300 prefabricated homes. The prefab homes will be used during cricket to host people as rentals and the revenue from that rental will go as down payment to the banks for the poorest persons,” the president last evening said during the feature address of the launch of the Ministry of Housing’s Building Expo.
Ali said that housing and urban planning for this country has to be visionary while at the same time ensure that the poorest of persons are able to at least own a home.