240 grants have been issued to deserving applicants over the past five years at a cost of $3.6M.
There are times when, because of the uncertainties and unpredictability of life, incidents occur that destroy or seriously damage the homes of our most vulnerable citizens. To this end, the Ministry provides short-term assistance in the form of an emergency relief grant up to a maximum of $15,000 to persons who may have found themselves
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Two hundred and seventy-nine (279) families in several communities across Trinidad have benefitted from the Housing and Village Improvement Programme.
The programme is designed to improve the housing conditions and community facilities of residents in rural and peri-urban areas. The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development has devised the most cost effective and innovative means of improving housing conditions of the most vulnerable. This Housing and Village Improvement Programme was implemented in 2017/2018. Under this Read more
EIGHTY (80) DESERVING FAMILIES RECEIVE CERTIFICATES OF COMFORT
Eighty eligible squatters received Certificates of Comfort (CoCs), at a recently held distribution ceremony hosted by the Land Settlement Agency (LSA), an agency of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. The ceremony was held at the Diego Martin Central Community Centre, Wendy Fitzwilliam Boulevard, Diego Martin. A Certificate of Comfort issued by the
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PM ROWLEY AND MINISTER DILLON CHANGE THE LIVES OF 82 FAMILIES
D’abadie was abuzz with excitement and pride yesterday morning, as 82 families received units at a housing distribution ceremony at HDC’s Trestrail Lands Housing Development. Sharing the joy with these families through remarks were the Prime Minister Dr. the Hon. Keith Rowley, Housing and Urban Development Minister the Hon. Major General Edmund Dillon, Member of Read more
Over 100 Families Receive Certificates of Comfort and Statutory Leases
The Honourable Major General (Ret’d) Edmund Dillon, Minister of Housing and Urban Development, today, presented Certificates of Comfort and Statutory Leases to over one hundred (100) eligible squatters. A Certificate of Comfort is a unique instrument issued by the Land Settlement Agency in accordance with the Act. It gives the recipient an assurance that Read more
Minister Dillon Tours Mahogany Court, Mt Hope
On Septemeber 11, Housing and Urban Development Minister, the Hon Major General (Ret’d) Edmund Dillon and MP for St. Joseph, the Hon. Terrence Deyalsingh toured the Mahogany Court Housing Development located in Mt Hope. Mahogany Court is a Public Private Partnership (PPP) initiative which is expected to be completed in four phases with a total Read more
40 Families Receive Housing Packages at Nepuyo Court
With a couple of days to go before independence, forty(40) families received packages to their very own homes at the Nepuyo Court Housing Development in Malabar, earlier today. The Housing Distribution Ceremony was hosted by the Housing Development Corporation - HDC on the 6.15 acre development located at Henry Peters Road, Malabar, Arima. Works Read moreThe Hon. Major General (Ret’d) Edmund Dillon- Feature Address- HDC Housing Distribution Ceremony- Nepuyo Court, Malabar
Ladies and Gentlemen, A pleasant Good Morning. It is indeed a pleasure for me to be here this morning and be part of a defining moment in the lives of the beneficiaries of the Government’s Housing Programme. This development has been a long time in coming. This project started in 2007 and was meant
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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
Read moreThe Hon. Major General (Ret’d) Edmund Dillon- Remarks- HDC Housing Distribution Ceremony- River Runs Through
Ladies and Gentlemen Good Morning and Welcome to today’s Housing Distribution Ceremony. It gives me great pleasure to be here this morning, as it marks the completion of Phase 1 of this development, aptly called River Runs Through, which was started by this Administration in August, 2016. We are delighted to be able to
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