THIRTY (30) NEW HOUSING UNITS FOR MERIKINS COMMUNITY, MORUGA
By the end of this fiscal year thirty (30) new housing units will be completed and distributed to qualifying residents at Samuel Cooper Road, Fifth Company, Moruga under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development’s Home Village Improvement Programme (HVIP). Ten other home improvement works will also be undertaken, while infrastructural and drainage works have
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Families Receive Housing Packages for River Runs Through
“I am really thankful to God for blessing my family with our own home. Today our prayers have been answered.” These were the words of Crystal Alleyne-Purcell the mother of two girls as she along with over sixty (60) other families joyfully received housing packages to their new homes at the River Runs Through, Housing Read more
Housing Distribution Ceremony – Lake View
Yesterday, Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley and Housing and Urban Development Minister the Hon. Major General (Retd) Edmund Dillon, MP distributed homes located at the HDC's Lake View, Pier Road and Hubertstown Housing Development to 71 families including members of the protective service and defence force. The Lake View Housing Development commenced in April 2006 Read moreHon. Major General (Ret’d) Edmund Dillon, MP- Remarks – Housing Distribution Ceremony – La Fortune, Pt. Fortin.
Minister of Housing and Urban Development, the Hon. Major General (Ret’d) Edmund Dillon delivers remarks at a Housing Distribution Ceremony at the La Fortune Housing Development, Pt. Fortin. Read more
Minister Dillon Receives Warm Welcome from MHUD Employees
The Honourable Major General (Ret’d) Edmund Dillon, newly appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development (MHUD), received a warm welcome as he assumed his new portfolio at the Ministry’s Head Office, South Quay, Port of Spain on August 06, 2018. On hand to greet the Honourable Minister were Mrs. Simone Thorne-Mora Quinones, officials and staff
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MHUD Welcomes The Hon. Major General Edmund Dillon, MP
On August 06, 2018, the Permanent Secretary Simone Thorne-Mora Quinones and staff welcomed the Hon. Major General Edmund Dillon to the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. As Minister of Housing and Urban Development, he oversees the Government’s home and village improvement, subsidised housing, land settlement, regularisation of tenure of squatters and urban development policies and
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Ninety Four East Port of Spain Youths Commit to Creating Further Business Opportunities
What is involved in owning and operating your own business? On Friday July 27, 2018, Ninety Four (94) young persons who either reside or go to school in East Port of Spain can now say they have an idea, as they graduated from the East Port of Spain Development Company Limited’s Youth Entrepreneurial Programme 2018 Read more
First Ever Statutory Lease Distribution Ceremony
Friday 20th July 2018, will be remembered as the date that several Certificate of Comfort holders received statutory leases from the Land Settlement Agency. These beneficiaries who reside in several communities in Sangre Grande, Brazil and Wallerfield attended a Ceremony at the Government Plaza, where they received their statutory leases for a period of 30 Read more
EPOS Youth Entrepreneurial Programme
From 17th July 2018, eighty-eight (88) young prospective entrepreneurs between the ages 14-17 who either reside or attend school in East Port of Spain started a two-week journey of entrepreneurship with the East Port of Spain Development Company Limited. The programme, an initiative of the East Port of Spain Development Company Limited, an agency Read more
Smart Technologies Transforming the Way We Live
Ms. Simone Thorne Mora Quinones, Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development accompanied by Ms. Marie Hinds, Deputy Permanent Secretary of Planning and Development just returned home from attending the 2018 Korea-LAC Future Cooperation Forum, held in Conrad, Seoul. The forum which was held from June 28-29, 2018 had as its theme,
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