InfrastruCaribe Weekend
Edition 2021-05-07
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InfrastruCaribe Weekend is a weekly PHC Infrastructure Newsletter, published on Fridays, which depicts the current investment in sizable physical and social infrastructure and status of implementation on their respective Caribbean Islands.
Dominican government launches plan to build 62,000 homes in 4 years
SANTIAGO DE LOS CABALLEROS, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC. – President Luis Abinader launched a “Happy Family National Housing Plan (PNVFF)” in Hato del Yaque to build 62,000 homes in four years in a public-private partnership that will directly affect 310,000 people. The project will have an initial government investment of $ 32 million, which will increase to $ 200 million at the end of the four-year term. In the first phase of the project, 11,000 apartments will be built simultaneously in different parts of the country, including Los Alcarrizos, Azua, Santo Domingo East, Higüey, Santo Domingo West, Sabana Perdida, La Romana, Pedro Brand, and San Pedro de Macorís, where on Friday similar events took place. According to the presidency, the initiative will create almost 460,000 direct and indirect jobs. The goal is to […]
Govt. signs US$70M in Contracts for housing development in one day
Kaieteur News – Government on Tuesday signed close to 200 contracts totalling US$70 million (G$14 billion) for housing development, forging ahead with its promise to provide 50,000 house-lots…
HDC to build 2,000-plus units in 2021 - Trinidad and Tobago Newsday
THE Housing Development Corporation (HDC) will aim to build more than 2,000 housing units this year through the government’s Accelerated Housing Programme. Housing Minister Pennelope Beckles revealed this at a key distribution ceremony at Corinth Hills on Monday. She said this goal was in addition to the ministry’s plan to complete unfinished housing projects. She … Continue reading HDC to build 2,000-plus units in 2021
Charles wants more climate-resilient housing solutions for Jamaicans
Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Pea...
Opposition wants gov’t to rethink using prime sugar lands for housing
Sophia Frazer Binns, the Opposition Spokesperson on Land, is calling for the Government to rethink plans to use existing sugar lands in Trelawny for housing. Frazer Binns is arguing that food security must be central to any decision made about the...
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