THE Central Housing and Planning Authority is once again advising members of the public that it is the only government department authorised to allocate housing units and house lots.

In a notice, the department appealed to members of the public to be cautious of con artists attempting to rob them of their hard-earned monies. According to CH&PA, over the weekend it was brought to the attention of the agency that persons purporting to be working on behalf of the department have been calling unsuspecting citizens about an arrangement between the CH&PA and First Lady Sandra Granger. The arrangement should see persons receiving a housing unit or a house lot if an agreed sum of money is paid. “It should be noted that there is no such arrangement between the CH&PA and the First Lady. Additionally, the agency does not have any such arrangements with any agency or individual, as such we are asking persons who receive such calls to please contact the Guyana Police Force to report same,” CH&PA advised. It added, “All payments for residential (house lot/housing units), residential/commercial, commercial and/or industrial lots must be paid to the Central Housing and Planning Authority. We continue to ask members of the public to please make contact with us should they need information on any of our housing initiatives.”