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High vandalism in turn-key homes discovered during Minister’s visit
Minister within the Ministry of Communities, Valarie Sharpe-Patterson, visited Perseverance, East Bank Demerara, on Wednesday where she discovered several instances of vandalism of the turn-key homes which have
Some of the turn-key houses at Perseverance, East Bank Demerara.
already been allocated.
Doors, windows, pipelines and zinc sheets were stolen from the houses.
According to the Minister, her Ministry will now have to stand the cost of repairing those houses before persons can occupy them.
There are about 100 turn-key homes already allocated in Perseverance, but only 45 of those houses are occupied. The other occupants are in the process of casting their yards, and constructing bridges and fences among other minor works, before occupying their homes.
However, as the occupancy rate increases, the Ministry of Communities will have to look at putting security measures in place.
The Minister explained that some of the options that will be explored include having a police outpost in the community, and the creation of a Community Policing Group.
“We’ve also discussed the idea, because we have a lot of men and women from the Guyana Defence Force and police officers who have indicated their interest in those homes, and we are going to allocate some to them…We will further engage the Guyana Police Force to have an outpost so that they can bring more security consciousness within the area,” Minister Sharpe-Patterson explained.
She was pleased with the level of occupancy in the area. “Some persons have begun to fence their yards, grill their home, and replace the wooden bridges with concrete structures and that’s really nice, it really looks good,” she said.
Two hundred homes currently under construction in Phase Two of the turn-key homes project are scheduled to be completed within six weeks. The houses cost $4.9M ($4.4M for the house and $500,000 for the land).
There have been questions over the construction and quality of the Government-built homes at Perseverance, a programme initiated by the previous administration.
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