Statement By The Minister of Housing - Response To Tribune Story on Mackey Yard Squatters

Thu, Jun 2nd 2011, 04:24 PM

Nassau, Bahamas - Enclosed is a Statement by  Enclosed is a statement by Housing Minister the Hon. Kenneth Russell.

In response to comments attributed to Mr. Franklyn Wilson in a Tribune article of 2nd June, 2011, regarding the Ministry of Housing's plans for the Mackey Yard squatter community, I wish to assure the Bahamian public that the Ministry of Housing is in no way jeopardizing the interests of the Bahamian public, by seeking to regularize Bahamians and Permanent Residents who lived in Mackey Yard, or who live in any other squatter community. In fact, the Ministry is doing the very opposite, as it is seeking to do away with the unhygienic and lawless conditions which exist on these sites, which impact neighboring communities...

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