Affordable housing for VIslanders on Gov’t bucket list
“The Premier will expound on it more in his budget speech on January 17,” the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity.
The official further stated that the programme was the brainchild of Ronnie Skelton, Minister for Health and Social Development and during the NDP’s admnistration between 2003 and 2007, seven houses were built throughout the Virgin Islands including on Virgin Gorda (VG), Long Look, Apple Bay, Long Bush and Fort Hill.
“It’s an initiative that this Government will continue to build on,” the official added confidently.
In the party’s manifesto that was unveiled to the public on the campaign trail, there was a pledge to provide for safe, decent and affordable accommodations for Virgin Islanders.
“All individuals yearn for a place that they can call their own. The rising cost of land, as well high rents is of concern to Virgin Islanders especially those who have just begun working...ways must be found to facilitate the provisioning of suitable shelter on an on-going basis, at an affordable rate to meet the needs of both Belonger and non-Belonger, to the disadvantage of neither,” the NDP manifesto stated.
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