New Homes and Communities for a Better Quality of Life

During the dark days of ALP rule, building a house was exclusively an individual initiative. The ALP Administration almost never developed any community housing projects, where decent, modern houses could be purchased by our people with attractive and affordable mortgage arrangements. So, as construction costs have soared, the standard of housing has deteriorated as people turned to building small plywood structures, sometimes unfit to withstand the rigours of hurricanes and inadequate to house growing families in decent conditions.

During its first term of office, the UPP has laid the foundation for extensive and modern housing developments to be completed during its second term. Specific initiatives will include:

• Finalization of arrangements with financial institutions for very reasonable mortgage facilities
• Moving to balanced national development by directing new housing developments to rural areas of the country, including Pares, North Sound and All Saints
• Implementing an integrated approach to the development of a number of New Residential Communities comprising durable, aesthetically pleasing homes, community and leisure centres, playing and sports fields for children and youths
  and parks and green areas
• Providing a package of incentives to private developers of residential communities, and
• Establish partnerships to satisfy the demand for some 6,000 new housing
  units by the end of the term.