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The Barbados Diocesan Trustees plan to turn more than two and a half acres of Anglican land at Henry’s Lane, St Michael, into a medical facility with housing for patients needing specialised care, and to open investment opportunities to Anglicans.
Tenants at the NHC’s Grotto complex in St Michael, Barbados, say sewage overflows and unrepaired leaks persist despite a ministerial promise of urgent action in April.
Barbados Housing Minister Chris Gibbs told Parliament the government would compulsorily acquire about 2.21 acres at Ebenezer, St Philip, owned by Ebenezer Methodist Church, to build around 30 homes as part of a drive for 2,000 homes a year.
Barbados’ National Housing Corporation is recruiting and training young people to fill an expected shortage of skilled construction workers as housing projects expand.
The New Testament Church of God in Barbados is converting its Fairchild Street headquarters into a community refuge centre, estimating about $500,000 in infrastructure costs and applying for a matching grant from a government fund for faith-based organisations.
Barbados’ Codrington Trust, custodian of lands left to found an Anglican college in 1710, says 25 residents got property conveyances in a year under an $18 million reparations programme, with all residents meant to be landowners by 2028.
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