Low response pushes CH&PA to advertise sale of housing units at Experiment
Some of the housing units at Experiment
Some of the housing units at Experiment

-authority working to acquire house lots from MARDS, MMA

THE Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has moved to advertise the sale of housing units at Experiment, Region Five (Mahaica-Berbice) due to the lack of interest from persons in the region.

“In Region Five the demand for built units is not great like [sic] in Regions Four and Three…what we have witnessed is that not much [sic] people in Region Five are interested in built units,” Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the CH&PA Lelon Saul told the Guyana Chronicle on Sunday.

With persons in Region Five being more interested in house lots, the CH&PA has taken a decision to sell the housing units to persons in other parts of the country.
Saul said there are about 20 housing units available for sale. Among those units are elevated houses, two-bedroom flat units and three-bedroom flat houses.
According to the CH&PA, the elevated houses are being sold for $7M each while the two-bedroom flat houses are being sold for $6M each. The three-bedroom houses cost $8.5M each.

The elevated houses measure 600 square feet and were constructed on plots of land measuring 5,650 square feet. The two-bedroom houses, which include one bath, a full kitchen, dining and sitting rooms and a balcony, measure 600 square feet and sit on a plot of land measuring 5,000 square feet.
The three-bedroom house includes one bath, a full kitchen, a dining and sitting room as well as a balcony. The 980 square feet unit sits on a plot of land measuring 4,500 square feet to 5,750 square feet.
Persons who are interested in purchasing the houses, would need to satisfy CH&PA’s criteria of not being the owner of any property; have or create an active application; and be a Guyanese.

Although the authority has taken a step to get the houses sold, it has not disregarded persons’ demand for house lots.
Unlike the other regions, the majority of the lands in Region Five are privately owned, while the others are owned by the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo), the Mahaica/Mahaicony/Abary-Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ADA) and the Mahaicony/Abary Rice Development Scheme (MARDS).

CH&PA is in discussion with the MARDS to acquire lands for a homestead. According to Saul, it is the hope of CH&PA to acquire 20 to 50 acres of land from MARDS.
“We are in discussion with MARDS and we are awaiting a feedback from them in order to acquire lands at Burma for a homestead,” said Saul.

He said the authority is hoping for a response soon, so as to initiate the homestead project. The project will see people in Region Five benefiting from lands for a homestead.
“The lots would not be the regular house lots…we expect those lots to be up to 1,800 to 2,400 square feet, so you could build a house and you will have space for farming,” said Saul, adding that persons outside of the community can also benefit.

In addition to seeking land from MARDS, the authority has also approached the Mahaica, Mahaica Mahaicony Abary – Agricultural Development Authority (MMA/ADA) for land.
Saul said the MMA indicated that they would give the CH&PA 50 acres of land to develop a housing scheme at Onverwagt. According to him, some of those house lots will go to the employees of MMA and even members of the public.
“We are in discussion with them (MMA), but we know where is the exact area… we are in

the process of finalising the handover of that land, but we asked MMA for some additional information, like how many employees of the MMA scheme should benefit from the allocation and so on,” he said.

CH&PA had committed to injecting $1.4B into Region Five for the development of residential lands in the region.

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