At least eleven squatting areas in Region Ten have been identified for regularisation in 2025, the Department of Public Information (DPI) reported.
The areas include Siberian, Silver Hill, Coomacka, New Harden, West Watooka, Plantation Wismar, Blocks ‘E’ and ‘F’ of Canva City, Green Valley Block ‘F’, Amelia’s Ward Block 43, and Ituni.
The Minister of Housing and Water, Collin Croal, announced the plans during an outreach in Victory Valley, Linden on Sunday, DPI said.
According to the housing and water minister, this extensive project aims to provide residents with land ownership while enhancing access to key amenities.
“A minimum of 800 lots have been identified as priority to be regularised before the first half of this year. And we will not stop there, we want everyone to have a comfortable life,” Croal stated.
He reminded the residents that no areas in Region Ten were regularised between 2015 and 2020 under the APNU+AFC.
However, the government has since distributed certificates of title to over 750 residents in several areas that underwent a process of regularisation last year. These areas include Block 42, Blueberry Hill, Canva City, Ituni, and Amelia’s Ward.
In addition to providing house lots, over 442 lots in Fitz Hope have been regularised, enabling residents to obtain their ownership documents.
Additionally, more than 300 lots were regularised in Blueberry Hill, providing legal land ownership to those residents, DPI said.