The government is set to surpass its target to distribute 50,000 house lots by the end of its term this year.
In 2024 alone, 10,791 house lots were distributed nationwide, exceeding the year’s target, the Department of Public Information (DPI) said yesterday.
Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, disclosed the figures during the ministry’s end-of-year press conference at the Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal.
To date, 40,290 residential lots have been allocated under the PPP/C Administration. Approxi-mately 27 per cent were distributed in 2024.
Region Four accounted for the majority of allocations with 61 per cent while Region Three saw 22 per cent.
Fifty-three per cent of the allottees are below 35 while 32 per cent went to persons between the ages of 36 and 50. Some 15 per cent went to persons 51 years of age and above.
Croal revealed that 72 per cent of allocations were made to individuals in the low- and moderate-income brackets, 19 per cent to middle-income earners and nine per cent went to high-income earners.
The minister underlined the government’s commitment to surpassing this year’s allocation of 10,000 house lots.
In 2024, the government acquired over 4,980 acres of land to address the increasing demand for house lots.
Nineteen new housing areas were developed during 2024. These include: Wales in Region Three; Good Hope, La Bonne Intention, Two Friends, Lusi-gnan, Non Pareil, and Enterprise in Region Four; Waterloo in Region Five; Palmyra in Region Six; Amelia’s Ward-Fitz Hope in Region Ten; and Yarrowkabra and Hauraruni along the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, DPI said.