Housing Ministry to advance Geographic Information System technology
The Ministry of Housing and Water will be moving towards advancing the implementation of a Geographic Information System (GIS) to integrate data for more effective decision-making in the housing sector.
Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing and Consumer Services of Ontario, Canada Fareed Amin and GIS Coordinator, Information Management and Planning, Community Services I and IT Cluster, Jay Thatcher met with Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali today at his office, Brickdam, to discuss and render the necessary support and expertise for the development of the system.
Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali interacting with Canadian counterpart, Fareed Amin (right) and GIS Coordinator, Information Management and Planning, Community Services I&IT Cluster, Jay Thatcher. In photos are from left Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Emile McGarrell, CEO, CH&PA, Myrna Pitt and Development Planner, CH&PA,
Germene Stewart
Housing Minister meets banking sector representatives
Housing and Water Minister Irfaan Ali today met with representatives from the various commercial banks at his Brickdam office to discuss ideas and work out strategies to make housing loans more accessible to allottees.
Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali in discussion with commercial bank representatives, Ministry of Housing and Water, Brickdam
Housing expansion to continue on East Bank corridor
-10,000 more houselots to be developed
The East Bank corridor will be further expanded with an additional 10,000 houselots which will be developed from the 2,000 acres of land recently acquired from the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) by the Housing and Water Ministry. Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali said during an interview with the Government Information Agency (GINA) indicated that the acquisition of new lands is part of the Ministry’s efforts to accelerate the housing sector to make available 17,000 houselots over the next three years and meet the demands of citizens.
Housing Ministry committed to providing adequate housing
Minister of Housing and Water Irfaan Ali today reiterated his Ministry’s commitment of providing adequate housing to Guyanese.
The Minister who was speaking on the Anna Catherina/Cornelia Ida Sea View squatters’ issue during the television programme ‘Voice of the People’ on Channel Six said, “The Ministry of Housing and Water is committed to its actions of ensuring that our people have adequate housing facility. We are not going to accept illegality.”
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