{"id":303601,"date":"2023-06-01T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2023-06-01T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=303601"},"modified":"2023-05-31T21:07:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T01:07:51","slug":"residents-of-dubique-and-grandbay-to-receive-new-homes-under-government-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/governance\/residents-of-dubique-and-grandbay-to-receive-new-homes-under-government-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Residents of Dubique and Grandbay to receive new homes under government program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_303602\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-303602\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-303602 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/grandbay-housing-development-center.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-303602\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grandbay Housing Development Center<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Residents of Grandbay and Dubique will be beneficiaries of new homes under the government housing development program.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit accompanied by members of Cabinet visited the new Housing Development Center in Grandbay on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs you know after [Tropical Storm] Erika we had to relocate the residents of Dubique,\u201d he said. \u201cInitially we built some petro casas for them, some of them were impacted by the hurricane and we decided that in our efforts to build greater resilience, that we will redevelop the community that was built for the Dubique residents and so we have in excess of 40 homes for the residents of Dubique, [a] combination of 2 and 3 bedrooms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Recognizing, in addition, the housing need in Grandbay, the government made provision for 24 new homes and 10 renovated, in that community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo this will be allocated specifically to the residents of Grandbay,\u201d Prime Minister Skerrit stated.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to that, he said there is some land available and government is in discussion about whether the lots should be sold to individuals in Grandbay who would like to build their own homes, \u201cor whether we should do an addition of building the homes and sell them to some of the residents in Grandbay.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat is a decision we will take in the next couple weeks,\u201d Skerrit said.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, he said there is in addition to the housing a community centre being built that will include a hurricane shelter with all of the supporting amenities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd we are also building a standalone magistrate court and it will be utilizing the space as existing in the police station,\u201d Skerrit revealed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Residents of Grandbay and Dubique will be beneficiaries of new homes under the government housing development program. 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