The Government of Montserrat has undertaken a review of the Housing Allocation Criteria.
Minister with responsibility for Housing, Honourable John Patrick Osborne announced in Parliament that the revision of the allocation criteria for various housing programs has been drafted and is soon ready for submission to Cabinet.
He says under these new allocation criteria, persons who are first-time homeowners and the most vulnerable, especially the elderly, will be prioritized.
Mr. Osborne says the ministry, working with the Department of Housing, has been trying its very best to help vulnerable persons, especially those who are retired, incapacitated due to a disability or other ailment, and making sure that citizens, despite conditions, can live in decent housing.
He is hoping the FCDO will support the government’s new
spend requests for social housing programs going forward,
as housing is a pivotal need in breaking the economic slump that Montserrat found itself in over the past 30 years.