Housing

Residents of Lower Burney, St Michael, have urged authorities to fix longstanding drainage, soil, and utility problems before building new homes on land earmarked for rehousing families from crowded estates. …

The National Housing Corporation is upgrading electrical systems across its older housing estates and plans to build new, climate-resilient homes to reduce overcrowding and replace structures considered vulnerable to severe …

The government said on Monday it has begun assessing options to rebuild homes destroyed in last week’s fire at Chapman Lane, after several families were left without belongings and placed …

Residents of the proposed Odle’s Glen Senior Citizens Village in St George could be required to pay up to 35 per cent of their pensions towards accommodation under a government …

Nearly 500 families have received homes through the first two phases of the government’s latest housing initiatives, while thousands of long-term National Housing Corporation tenants await the legal transfer of …

Repeated sewage overflows, structural water damage and unresolved maintenance requests have made homes unsafe, residents of the National Housing Corporation’s Grotto housing complex said on Wednesday, despite promises of urgent …

The government is moving to compulsorily acquire over two acres of church-owned land at Ebenezer, St Philip to support a housing programme, Minister of Housing Chris Gibbs announced in Parliament …

A new St James housing development promising 34 affordable homes is set to expand options for Barbadians seeking home ownership, with more than a dozen buyers already expressing interest ahead …

Soroptimist International Barbados plans to relaunch its Adopt-A-Unit initiative to fund urgent repairs and refurbishment at its Eden Lodge senior citizens’ village, where several units remain unusable and demand for …