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October 25, 2019

Opposition grills Malone on housing

Opposition members grilled Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone on the state of the housing recovery last Thursday in the House of Assembly, claiming that many residents are being …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
September 11, 2019

Two years after Irma, many still struggling

For about 10 months before Hurricane Dorian brushed the Virgin Islands last week, Wendy Hendricks would wake up each morning in the tattered tent in which she was living near …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
August 28, 2019

Housing effort needs funds, Malone says

The government has received more than 600 applications for housing assistance since January 2018, representing over $43 million in funding requests, Health and Social Development Minister Carvin Malone said on …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
May 27, 2019

HSD ministry ups funding for housing grants

The Housing Recovery Assistance Programme will soon allocate more money towards grants and less towards loans, as part of a restructuring started under the previous administration and finalised under the …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
April 18, 2019

Programme helps repair 80 homes

Government officials on Tuesday announced the completion of the first phase of the Housing Recovery Assistance Programme, which helped repair 80 hurricane-damaged homes with about $670,000 in funding from the …

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by GENEVIEVE GLATSKY
January 7, 2019

Government hands over first home for Irma relief

As 84-year-old Decima Smith received her keys from Health and Social Development Minister Marlon Penn, she wanted everyone to know how thankful she was for her new home. The pink …

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by Nia Douglas
New home
May 14, 2018

Government to subsidise loans for some property owners

Some property owners rebuilding from the September hurricanes will be eligible for subsidised loans under an agreement that the government signed Friday with the National Bank of the Virgin Islands. …

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by FREEMAN ROGERS

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