BY RACQUEL PORTER Observer staff reporter porterr@jamaicaobserver.com Monday, May 16, 2016
Minister with responsibility for housing Dr Horace Chang on Friday expressed gross dissatisfaction with the living conditions of residents of some West Kingston communities.
“As a minister of housing I am most embarrassed that we in Jamaica today are having residents living in this kind of condition,” said Chang, a minister of state in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation in the Office of the Prime Minister.
“The conditions are not acceptable for residents. We are evaluating the situation and will be taking some decision to rehabilitate the situation,” he said.
His comments came while he toured Board Villa, a section of Wellington Street in Denham Town. It was built some 20 years ago and was meant to provide temporary housing. Its wooden buildings, set close to each other in a large tenement complex, are in desperate need of repair. Chang also toured Tivoli Gardens, which also suffers from detetriorating buildings, but where the major concern was raw sewage running in the streets.
“I have heard the cries of the member of parliament Desmond McKenzie, but in fact when you get a chance to take a look at it first hand, you get a much more graphic impression of what is happening there, and you get a better feel of what is happening... This government will have to do something to bring about some correction of the problem down here, and I know that the Member of Parliament will stay close to and will work together to bring some improvement to the quality of life,” Chang said.
Friday’s tour came on the heels of an announcement that the Government will be undertaking major work to improve social infrastructure and amenities in the gritty West Kingston. more
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