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Three families left to be relocated from Duncan Street HDC complex

The content originally appeared on: Trinidad and Tobago Newsday News GREAT WALL: An extremely large galvanised fence has been erected at HDC's Duncan Street, East Port of Spain, apartments as will become a demolition site in the weeks ahead. - ROGER JACOB THREE families are still to be relocated from the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) apartment complex at Duncan Street and Independence Square, Port of Spain. Last week the residents who remained days after a fiery protest against the evictions […]

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