Another nine squatting areas to be regularised in 2025 – Croal

In an effort to promote legal housing and occupancy, the Ministry of Housing and Water have regularised a total of 17 squatting areas since 2020.

And by the first quarter of 2025, another nine squatting areas are expected to be regularised.

“As part of our work programme…we have a number of unregulated areas or areas where we have squatting. For example on the East Coast itself, we have by and large regularised 17 areas overall since we are back in office and about 4 of those are on the East coast of Demerara.

“By the end of the first quarter of 2025, it is our intention to have another 9 areas be regularised,” Croal said while delivering address at a Dream Realised exercise on Friday.

The areas to be regularised, he said include Vigilance South and North, Coldingen North, De Endraght South, Enmore (New Town and Hope West) and Enterprise (Block 8 and Market Street).

“The work that we are doing and the impact on our citizens is bringing joy and satisfaction.

“We have a mandate,” Croal said.

The PPP/C government has adapted a zero tolerance policy on squatting and continuously warned that new squatting areas will not be regularised.