The government, through its Hinterland Housing Programme is working to improve housing for 20 vulnerable families in the Karisparu Village and Meriwa settlement located in Region Eight.
The Department of Public Information (DPI) said that the Minister of Amerindian Affairs, Pauline Sukhai, and Senior Engineer, Ci Rodrigues from the Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA) met with residents on Saturday and Sunday to kick start the programme.
Discussions centred on selecting beneficiaries following consultation with residents to ensure everyone agrees with the procedure.
Those benefitting are single parents, the elderly and persons living with disabilities. Ten families in each location will receive new, elevated timber homes.
The undertaking will also see residents benefitting from employment. Villagers will be contracted to provide wood, stone, sand, and other materials for the buildings.
“This housing programme is a partnership and your village will be the partner in this programme. The government will provide the finances to pay materials and labour,” Sukhai said.
She added: “There is no village, there’s no community, there’s no settlement or satellite in the hinterland that has not been touched by the PPP/C Government in a positive way”.
Ten families in Tuseneng and Itabac will also receive homes under this initiative.
To date, around 400 homes have been built for families across Regions One and Nine, DPI said.
