1,000 house lots being allocated to Region Four low income earners: The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) last Monday kicked off the allocation of house lots for low income earners in Region Four under its “Dream Realised” housing drive. A total of 1,000 lots were due to be allocated at the two-day event, which concluded at the National Stadium at Providence, East Bank Demerara, on Tuesday. Hailing the first day of the event a success, Minister of Housing and Water Collin Croal told Stabroek News that it is his ministry’s aim to deliver 6,000 to 7,000 house lots by the end of this year. To date, close to 5300 house lots have been allocated in regions 2, 3,4,5, 6 and 10, he noted. “We have delivered closed to 500 house lots today. We aimed for 500 but not everyone showed up but who didn’t come today we will deal with them tomorrow [Tuesday],” he said as he gave an overview of the exercise. With restrictions on large gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Croal said they decided on a two-day event. Since the new government took office last year, the ministry has been on a drive to deliver house lots and reduce the heavy backlog of applications. t the event, landowners had the opportunity to meet with loan and insurance officers from the various companies and compare their offerings.