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| … but house lot holders still in a quandaryThree months ago, the concerns of the residents of 5 Miles Bartica were highlighted by the media, in relation to what they felt was discrimination, in terms of the way house lots were being distributed in the community. Some persons who bought house lots for the new turnkey housing scheme were told that the land was eroding and as such they had to relocate.However it was reported that it was only the middle income house lots areas that suffered from the effects of erosion to the extent that houses could not be built on the land. While there was erosion within certain parts of the low income housing lots, those problems could be fixed.Revetment works and land filling ongoing in 5 Mile Housing Scheme to address erosion.This has led many low income house lot holders to believe that they are being forced to move so that their land can be used to relocate the middle income house lot owners who were affected by the erosion.Substantiating the arguments of the house lot holders who were told to move was that in relocating, house lot numbers were placed in a bag and shaken up and whatever number the middle income residents picked then the corresponding house lot was given to them. It was found that two of the low income residents who chose to be relocated ‘lost’ their house lots to the middle income house lot owners.The current state of 5 Miles Housing Scheme is that the erosion has been addressed and the land filled. So the question on the minds of most of the house lot holders who were told to relocate is what is the position with their house lots?The residents said that they were presented with documents to sign, acceding to the request by Housing Ministry officials to relocate. Some of the residents signed while others declined, since they did not agree with what was being presented to them.Some persons who didn’t sign informed Kaieteur News that they were told by Ministry officials to reclaim the house lots allocated to them, while it was reported that those who signed were told that they have to get an affidavit stating that the Ministry is not responsible for any loss should it be incurred in establishing a home there.Some of the residents came together as a delegation and sent a letter to the Minister of Housing Irfaan Ali,Wholesale Nike NFL Jerseys, requesting a meeting with him to ventilate their concerns over the eroding land. The delegation had wanted to meet with the Minister to discuss “a favorable resolution to have the land situation urgently resolved to normalcy; that the eroded location be corrected and those persons whose house lots are located at the said location remain owners of their house lots, to discuss the issuance of land titles and the establishment of a land committee and office in Region (7).”However they are still awaiting a response from the Minister over the letter.Micah Williams, one of the persons on the delegation who is seeking an audience with the Minister, said that he has been making several attempts to contact the Minister to address their concerns but every time he calls, the Minister is either busy, in a meeting or unavailable. Kaieteur News tried as well to get in contact with the Minister to pronounce on the concerns of the 5 Miles residents, but was unable to do so.Williams expressed that these house lot holders are in limbo waiting for an official pronouncement over what to do, since the erosion has been rectified. He said that the residents would like to receive the titles for their land so that they could use it as collateral for building their houses since according to Williams, the banks in Region Seven are very stringent with regard to issuing loans. |
