Emergency housing to be increased, says Gibbs Jenique Belgrave18/05/2026097 views Housing Minister Chris Gibbs has signalled his intention to create emergency housing stock in this island for citizens displaced by hurricanes and other events. Speaking at his constituency branch meeting… Read more
Exclusive: COB offers 95% financing as lots demand grows Emmanuel Joseph05/05/20260486 views The country’s second-largest credit union is preparing to break ground on a multi-million-dollar housing development in St James, offering 34 serviced lots and a range of modern home designs as… Read more
Grotto set for major overhaul Ricardo Roberts23/04/20260474 views Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance, Chris Gibbs has announced an “almost immediate” intervention at The Grotto housing complex, in response to mounting pressure from residents who describe the decade-old… Read more
Middle-class seniors struggling despite home ownership Barbados Today22/04/202603.9K views Several middle-class elderly Barbadians, living in what appear to be well-appointed homes, are actually struggling to maintain their houses while also managing their evolving health needs, utility bills and food,… Read more
Don’t fret over Trinis driving homes demand, says economist Ricardo Roberts20/04/20260590 views A growing wave of Trinidadian retirees and investors hunting a “safe haven” is reshaping demand at the top end of the property market, but Barbadian buyers are not being squeezed… Read more
Housing surveys progressing in Six Men’s as MP reports steady pace Ricardo Roberts10/04/20260100 views St Peter MP Colin Jordan said work is “very much active” on the Six Men’s Life Improvement Project, with surveying of house spots in the coastal community progressing steadily and… Read more
Minister calls for better planning, amenities in new housing developments Shamar Blunt01/04/2026075 views Minister of Transport and Works Kirk Humphrey has urged that future public housing projects be designed to make them more liveable, calling for community facilities such as parks, playing fields… Read more
Govt to grant titles to long-time estate residents Ricardo Roberts31/03/20260873 views Thousands of Barbadians living in public housing estates are closer to owning their homes, as a new bill went before Parliament on Tuesday to deliver long-awaited property titles and end… Read more
Landmark housing bill to make tenants homeowners Ricardo Roberts31/03/20260387 views In a move described as a “transformational intervention” for the working class to dismantle a cycle of “intergenerational poverty”, the Mia Mottley administration on Tuesday pushed through landmark legislation that… Read more
PM: Financial institutions shutting low income earners out of homeownership Barbados Today19/03/202607.1K views Government will overhaul Barbados’ land and mortgage systems by year-end in a sweeping push to expand homeownership and make housing more accessible to low-income earners, Prime Minister Mia Mottley has… Read more