New home shaping up

Jackqulin Cox and her seven children are closer to having a proper place to call home.

Almost three months after Barbados TODAY published a story highlighting the squalor in which they had been living, a new home is taking shape on the same spot as the previous century-old dilapidated wooden house that flooded whenever it rained, was shifting off its foundation and sinking at its rear.

After the Ministry of People Empowerment and Elder Affairs came to the rescue of the 34-year-old woman and her children – ages 14, 13,12,11,10, 5 and 4 – the Urban Development Commission took on the job of rebuilding the structure that has been home to nine generations of Cox’s family.  

The family is temporarily housed in rental accommodation paid for by the state while the house is being rebuilt. (EJ)