Eight additional squatting areas in Region Ten are to be regularised by March 2025 to create a more conducive living environment for hundreds of residents, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported yesterday.
The areas slated for regularization, according to the DPI, include New Harden, Coomacka, Siberian, Silver Hill, West Watooka, Blocks ‘E’ and ‘F’ of Canva City, as well as Green Valley Block ‘F’ Parcels 95 to 139. “In addition to the allocations that we are doing, those regularisations will see another 591 lots to be developed or persons who will be regularised to get their certificates of title,” Minister of Housing Collin Croal stated, according to DPI.
According to DPI, Croal made the announcement at a recent ‘Dream Realised’ housing exercise at the Christianburg Community Centre Ground in Linden. In the DPI release, Croal further announced that a regularisation exercise will be conducted in Kwakwani by mid-December this year. This will see the relocation of nearly 370 residents from Jeep Landing, Lamp Island, and the Waterfront areas. The undertaking, DPI said, forms part of the government’s broader plan to enhance living conditions by providing residents with access to necessities. Ownership documents will empower beneficiaries with financial independence and facilitate access to loans from local banks for home expansion or other ventures.
Additionally, DPI said the government is collaborating with the Guyana Lands and Surveys Commission to secure more land to meet the housing needs in the region. “The people of Region Ten have no need for squatting because your government has a massive programme to ensure that your needs are taken care of. But we have to do this through the right process [which is] through an application process and you will be addressed as part of our system,” the minister said according to the release. DPI said that in four years, the government has regularised over 500 lots in several areas in the Upper Demerara/Upper Berbice region including Block 42, Blueberry Hill, Canvas City, Ituni, and Amelia’s Ward.
