Berbicians who applied for house lot up to end of 2024 will get allocations this year – President

President Dr. Irfaan Ali announced on Sunday that all residents of Region Six (East Berbice- Corentyne) who applied for a house lot on or before December 31, 2024, will get an allocation this year.

“They are issuing a letter now to every single person in this region that would’ve applied for a house lot up to December 2024, that before the end of this year, you will have your allocation.

“The infrastructure is going in now so that will not be a worry,” the President said while engaging Berbicians in the region.

Beyond the house allocations, the President also reminded the residents that houses for young professionals are being constructed at Palmyra.

In March, the President said by September 2025, all individuals who applied for land in Region Three (Essequibo Islands-West Demerara) up to 2024 will receive provisional allocation letters for their house lots.

The government has also said it is trying to clear the backlog in other regions.

Since August 2020, more than 40,000 residential house lots have been distributed to families from various income brackets. The governing People’s Progressive Party Civic (PPP/C) in its 2020 manifesto, promised to distribute 50,000 house lots by the end of 2025.