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Free house lots for citizens earning under $400K, single mothers – Norton promises
Kaieteur News – Presidential candidate of A Partnership for National Unity (APNU), Aubrey Norton, has pledged that every Guyanese citizen 18 years or older, who does not own a house, and earns under $400,000, will receive a free house lot under his government.
Presidential Candidate of APNU, Aubrey Norton speaking at the Hopetown public meeting
The announcement was made during a public meeting held at Hopetown, West Coast Berbice.
Norton further committed to supporting single mothers in building their homes, emphasising that the government will provide financial assistance to help them achieve home ownership. “We will put resources in your hands. I want to say this to single mothers. I have already said we are going to give every Guyanese that does not own a house, 18 years and above a free house lot. Because we believe Guyana has enough land for all Guyanese to get,” Norton stated. “But in addition, we are saying to you that we will ensure single mothers can get assistance to build a house.”
He highlighted the challenges faced by single parents, stressing, “Our single parents struggle, and if we allow them to struggle and they cannot get a house, we are condemning their children to poverty. That is why we will help single mothers to build a house.”
Norton also assured that proper infrastructure would accompany the distribution of house lots. “You are entitled to get house lots with infrastructure, and our government will ensure we put infrastructure in place so that when you get a land, it’s a land suitable for human occupation. We cannot continue to throw our people on a piece of land and abandon them, “he said.
Turning his attention to education, Norton addressed the difficulties law students face in pursuing their studies. He noted that while students may complete their law degree at the University of Guyana, the cost of further studies abroad, such as at Hugh Wooding Law School in Trinidad, often prevents them from continuing. “We have a lot of persons who completed UG but couldn’t go on to Trinidad. When we came to government in 2015, we restored the scholarships for law students and started to produce lawyers. They [PPP/C] came into government in 2020 and stopped the scholarships,” Norton stated.
He promised that under an APNU government, all students who qualify and are accepted into law school will have their tuition paid. “All those who qualify to do law and have a place in a law school, our government will pay for them to do law,” he announced.
In addition, Norton revealed plans to expand access to education by introducing free night schools for young people who did not attain five CSEC subjects, including Mathematics and English. “We have in this country many young people who complete secondary school but did not get five CSECs with Maths and English. We believe they need a second chance, so as a government, across Guyana, we will set up free night schools for our young people,” he said.
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