All homes which needed to be repaired or rebuilt after the passage of Hurricane Elsa in 2021, will be completed before the start of the 2023 hurricane season.This promise from Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance, Dwight Sutherland, was made during his contribution to the Budget debate in the House of Assembly on Thursday.Sutherland noted that while the repair and reconstruction of homes affected the rate at which houses in the Home Ownership Providing Energy (HOPE) project were being built, significant progress had been made for Barbadians affected by the storm. Additional workers who were previously part of the National Clean-up Programme have been enlisted to help finish the job, he said.“We are charged to produce some 1500 housing solutions this year. While we have not reached that 1500 target in our first year, I am proud to report that in a couple weeks, we would reach the 1100 number as a result of the rebuilds [due to] Hurricane Elsa.”
