In 2017, the BV/Triumph Neighbourhood Democratic Council sold 33 house lots for $1 million each, using a system it described as a lottery, however there are no records to substantiate the process, and the list of names reveals that most of the allottes are council members and their families, and persons not from the community, Councillor Elton McRae has alleged.
With a dossier of documents to back up his claims, McRae said that transports for the properties were passed in 2019, to some persons who had not even finished paying for the lands. In light of these revelations, he wants an investigation into the deal, as he feels the Council owes this to the residents of the community.
“In 2017, they said they had 21 house lots for sale. Yet when they had a lottery, 33 house lots were sold, according to this blue sheet,” he said, whilst holding up the list of names of allottees. “Only now we know that transports were already passed and how much the lots were sold for which is $1 million apiece,” he told the Stabroek News in an interview.