Honourable Pennelope Beckles receives a Courtesy Call from Japanese Ambassador to T&T
His Excellency Tatsuo Hirayama, Ambassador of Japan to the Republic Trinidad and Tobago paid a courtesy call on the Honourable Pennelope Beckles, Minister of Housing and Urban Development, today at the Ministry’s South Quay office. During this inaugural meeting, His Excellency Tatsuo Hirayama and the Honourable Minister discussed general bilateral relations between Japan and Read more
Government Aided Self-Help Programme Deed of Lease Distribution
The Honourable Minister of Housing and Urban Development Pennelope Beckles, and the Honourable Minister in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Adrian Leonce presented Deeds of Lease to beneficiaries of the Ministry’s Aided Self-Help Housing Programme on September 25, 2020 to start construction of their very own home. In an intimate distribution ceremony Read more
New Housing Minister, Pennelope Beckles officially cuts ribbon to open Brownfield Site, Bois Bande Settlement
On Wednesday September 16, the Honourable Pennelope Beckles, newly appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development cut the ribbon to officially signal the opening of Brownfield Site, Bois Bande, Sangre Grande. This milestone event highlighted the upgraded works that will benefit some 150 households in Settlement B of the Brownfield Site. Residents can now Read more
New Housing Minister, Pennelope Beckles officially cuts ribbon to open Brownfield Site, Bois Bande Settlement
On Wednesday September 16, the Honourable Pennelope Beckles, newly appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development cut the ribbon to officially signal the opening of Brownfield Site, Bois Bande, Sangre Grande. This milestone event highlighted the upgraded works that will benefit some 150 households in Settlement B of the Brownfield Site. Residents can now Read more
New Housing Minister, Pennelope Beckles officially hands over housing units to deserving recipients under the Housing and Village Improvement Programme
Newly-appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development, the Honourable Pennelope Beckles took time out of her busy schedule today to meet 78-year-old pensioner, Ms. Josephine Douglas and 52-year-old Ms. Delores Hercules to officially present them with keys to their new homes under the Ministry’s Housing and Village Improvement Programme. Also, in attendance were Minister in Read more
Welcome: Minister of Housing and Urban Development
Newly-appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development, The Honourable Pennelope Beckles and Minister in the Ministry, The Honourable Adrian Leonce, were warmly welcomed to the Ministry on August 24, 2020. They both met earlier with Permanent Secretary Simone Thorne-Mora and Deputy Permanent Secretary Nirmala Ramlogan, as they familiarized themselves with the workings of the Ministry Read more
Minister Beckles attends Launch of HDC’s Decentralized Services at Mon Repos, San Fernando
The Minister of Housing and Urban Development the Honourable Pennelope Beckles was pleased today to see the implementation of her recommendation to the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) that their service offerings be decentralized and be offered at the HDC San Fernando office. This initiative which was launched today, will bring untold benefits to existing and Read more
Project 5,000: Units to Be Built in South Quay and Lady Hailes as First Phase Set to Begin
On Friday May 17, the Minister of Housing and Urban Development, the Hon. Major General (Ret’d) Edmund Dillon oversaw the signing of a contract between the HDC and the China Gezhouba Group International Engineering Company Limited (CGGC) for the provision of 5000 affordable housing units. CGGC will engage in a design-build-finance arrangement meaning that land Read more
Sixty One Families Get Keys to Homes on the East West Corridor
Several families will now have a new space to call their home after they received housing packages today at a housing distribution ceremony at Ridge View Heights, Bon Air. The communities of Ridge View Heights, Bon Air Park and Carina Gardens will now have new additions, as collectively some sixty-one packages were distributed. Congratulating residents Read more