{"id":352715,"date":"2025-11-24T09:33:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/?p=352715"},"modified":"2025-11-24T09:37:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T13:37:41","slug":"69-families-receive-new-homes-under-dominicas-housing-recovery-project-roberts-defends-programme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/homepage-carousel\/69-families-receive-new-homes-under-dominicas-housing-recovery-project-roberts-defends-programme\/","title":{"rendered":"69 families receive new homes under Dominica\u2019s Housing Recovery Project; Roberts defends programme"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_352717\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-352717\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-352717\" src=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Housing-Recovery-Project-handing-over-ceremony-642x462.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Housing-Recovery-Project-handing-over-ceremony-642x462.jpg 642w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Housing-Recovery-Project-handing-over-ceremony-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Housing-Recovery-Project-handing-over-ceremony-640x461.jpg 640w, https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Housing-Recovery-Project-handing-over-ceremony.jpg 726w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-352717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Melissa Poponne-Skerrit (l) and Greta Roberts (r) with new home owner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Sixty-nine families across Dominica recently received keys to their new homes during a handing-over ceremony held at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>This initiative forms part of the Housing Recovery Project, under which a total of 382 homes have been built.<\/p>\n<p>Minister for Housing and Urban Development, Melissa Poponne-Skerrit, addressing the ceremony, said Dominica will remain resilient in the face of future hurricanes.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery home we build now is concrete, with a concrete roof,\u201d she said. \u201cThe hurricanes can come, they can huff and puff, but they will not blow your house down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She continued, \u201cIt is the testimonials we hear\u2014the transformations of people\u2019s lives\u2014that keep us pressing on. Earlier this week, we heard testimonies, and today it is the elderly woman who tells us that her new home has added new life and new years to her life because she can finally live in comfort and dignity.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Poponne-Skerrit, the Housing Recovery Project is the first homeowner-driven housing initiative in the entire Caribbean.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis means that beneficiaries were fully involved in the process,\u201d she explained. \u201cThey were hiring their own contractors, paying the contractors, and in some cases purchasing their own materials. They were showing up on site, learning a thing or two\u2014even learning to build a house\u2014being part of the process.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She further stated that it was community energy at its best.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll contractors were strictly local, ensuring that every single dollar stayed right here and circulated within the communities,\u201d Poponne-Skerrit emphasized. \u201cBut let\u2019s be honest, it was not without challenges. We battled rising global costs. In fact, we changed our cap many times\u2014from $50,000 up to $170,000 at the end\u2014because of material shortages, increased prices, and the realities of rebuilding on a rugged, mountainous island. The terrain is difficult, but still, we pressed on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Poponne-Skerrit noted that some new homeowners were initially disqualified because they did not have land titles. However, the government intervened.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe paid for those titles, we regularized these properties, and we facilitated about 170 families,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Acting Prime Minister Gretta Roberts also defended the Housing Recovery Project.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI know sometimes people ask why the government is investing so much in free housing for the people of Dominica. The answer is simple: we live in one of the most disaster-prone regions on Earth. Climate change has made hurricanes more intense, more unpredictable, and more destructive,\u201d she stated. \u201cThe storms of today are not the storms of 20 years ago. And it is the poorest and most vulnerable who suffer the most when disasters strike.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She pointed out that the Government of Dominica, led by Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit, has taken a firm decision that no Dominican family should be left to face the next hurricane with the same fragility that existed before 2017.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen we say resilient housing, we mean houses that can weather the storms we know will come,\u201d Roberts asserted. \u201cHomes that protect life, homes that reduce the need for emergency shelters, homes that save families from the trauma of starting all over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, she noted that building resilient homes is not just a necessity for survival, but also an investment in the people, the economy, and the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&nbsp; Sixty-nine families across Dominica recently received keys to their new homes during a handing-over ceremony held at the Windsor Park Sports Stadium. 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