— new housing schemes to be developed at Fort Ordinance, New Amsterdam

THE Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) is in no rush to repossess houselots, its Chief Executive Officer, Lelon Saul said.
There are no available house lots in any part of the country and the CH&PA is looking for ways to create spaces to address the backlog of about 25,000 applications.
Saul told the Guyana Chronicle that although they are not repossessing any house lots for now, 28,000 unoccupied houselots, owned by persons across the country, are being scrutinised
“It is an ongoing exercise, but we have not repossessed any land… our biggest problem right now is why people are not building,” he said.
They are nonetheless looking at new areas to develop housing schemes.
The authority has so far identified lands at Perseverance, East Bank Demerara; Fort Ordinance, Canje Region Six (East Berbice-Corentyne); and an area in New Amsterdam, Region Six.
Saul said the aim is to provide adequate housing to all by making major investments in the housing sector, developing green spaces and promoting squatter relocation.
The CH&PA held a housing expo last May to improve the housing-delivery system in the country, by pursuing a range of settlement developments which include construction of various housing solutions for low and moderate-income houses for all Guyanese.
“This will be done through a partnership with private sector and civil society, so that we will have an integrated and comprehensive approach to the regularisation of squatting areas,” Minister within the Ministry of Communities with responsibility for Housing Valerie Patterson said.