Eight (8) new houses are under construction in Cumberland. These houses are part of the government ongoing program to rebuild houses for people in North Leeward who lost their homes to the volcanic eruption of 2021.
Minister of Housing Hon. Dr. Orando Brewster says the government is seeking to add more houses to this project.
Meanwhile Parliamentary Representative for North Leeward points out that not only does the project provide shelter for those who lost their homes, but it provides
jobs and other economic activity in the community.
Twenty-one (21) pre-fabricated houses bought by the Government of St Vincent
and the Grenadines from the Government of Guyana are here and will be distributed over time.
According to Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, six of the houses will go to
North Leeward, fifteen in North Central Windward and another six in North
Windward.
On January 20 2023, the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines signed a 6 million EC loan arrangement with Demerara Bank Ltd (Guyana) for the purchase of fifty (50) pre-fab houses.