When will I get my house lot?

Oct 07, 2011 Letters

Dear Editor,
I write this letter to your editorial out of much frustration, and I would like you to publish this article in your edition to highlight this issue.
I am a single parent, living on a meager salary in a rental apartment with no other income, paying utilities bills while I travel by public transportation daily from out of town. I have applied to the Ministry of Housing for a house lot; I was called earlier this year for an interview. And until now I have been making numerous phone calls and visiting the Ministry back and forth with no update on the process of my application.
I have been begging and pleading with those in the Housing Ministry to address my concern and have my application looked into without any success.
At the same time house lots have been issued to persons in the various communities and are left abandoned and filled with thick overgrown bushes, and have become a harbouring hole for reptiles, and for bandits pouncing on unsuspecting persons traversing the areas.
Visibility is poor in these areas at nights; there is hardly any proper electricity to the community, and there are the empty lots that are left unattended for years.
Persons are in desperate need of house lots, while land is given out to those who seem not too interested in occupying those given to them. I had also applied for the core home, and was not so fortunate to be a beneficiary although I am a single parent living in a rental apartment and working below the salary scale.
On Tuesday October 4, 2011, I visited the Ministry for an update on my application. To my surprise there was a meeting which lasted well over two hours.
Now the Housing Ministry is one of the busiest places having to deal with persons on a large scale. Why must meetings be called in the early working hours of the morning, when that can be arranged for after work?
Name withheld

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