Hinterland Housing Project to cost US$3.1M

By Svetlana Marshall

THE Ministry of Communities will implement a Sustainable Housing Programme under the Hinterland Project using a US$3.1M loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Valerie Adams-Patterson, who has responsibility for Housing, made this disclosure on Monday.

“Based on the lessons learnt from the Hinterland Housing Pilot, implemented 2009-2015 under the Second Low-Income Settlement Programme, the Ministry of Communities will implement the Sustainable Housing in the Hinterland Project,” she told the House.

It was explained that this programme would improve the livability of low-income families of the hinterland through better access to housing, potable water, sanitation, and the promotion of women’s empowerment.

Under this multi-million-dollar project, 12 communities in Regions One and Nine are lined up to benefit significantly from the delivery of full house replacement subsidy. The four communities in Region One are: Whitewater, Kamwatta, Haimakabra and Sebai; while the eight communities in Region Nine are: Katoka, Kwatamang, Massarra, Karaudarnawau, Haiowa, Karasabai, Potarinau and Sand Creek.

The housing solutions include “full house replacement” and/or a “roof replacement”. A full house replacement means that families will be provided with a one-storey elevated timber building (Region One), or flat burnt-brick building (Region 9) measuring 500 sq. ft., with four rooms and front and back stairs; with zinc roof, guttering, a 400-gallon water tank and a pit toilet.

Under roof replacement, they will be provided with zinc sheets for their houses, measuring no more than 5000 sq. ft., complete with guttering, fittings and a 400-gallon water tank.

Finance Minister Winston Jordan, in his 2016 Budget presentation, had indicated that the Government would this year spend more than $644M to expand the Hinterland Housing Project, which would provide subsidy for the construction of houses and the replacement of roofs in Regions One and Nine.

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