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Minister Beckles hands over housing units under the Housing and Village Improvement Programme

The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, the Honourable Penelope Beckles, today (Wednesday), presented keys to nineteen (19) deserving recipients under the Ministry's Housing and Village Improvement Programme (HVIP). At a distribution ceremony held at the Mt. Hope/Mt. Lambert Community Centre, recipients from various areas of northern Trinidad proudly collected keys to their new homes Read more

Honourable Pennelope Beckles receives a Courtesy Call from Japanese Ambassador to T&T

His Excellency Tatsuo Hirayama, Ambassador of Japan to the Republic Trinidad and Tobago paid a courtesy call on the Honourable Pennelope Beckles, Minister of Housing and Urban Development, today at the Ministry’s South Quay office.   During this inaugural meeting, His Excellency Tatsuo Hirayama and the Honourable Minister discussed general bilateral relations between Japan and Read more

Government Aided Self-Help Programme Deed of Lease Distribution

The Honourable Minister of Housing and Urban Development Pennelope Beckles, and the Honourable Minister in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development Adrian Leonce presented Deeds of Lease to beneficiaries of the Ministry’s Aided Self-Help Housing Programme on September 25, 2020 to start construction of their very own home.   In an intimate distribution ceremony Read more

New Housing Minister, Pennelope Beckles officially cuts ribbon to open Brownfield Site, Bois Bande Settlement

On Wednesday September 16, the Honourable Pennelope Beckles, newly appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development cut the ribbon to officially signal the opening of Brownfield Site, Bois Bande, Sangre Grande.   This milestone event highlighted the upgraded works that will benefit some 150 households in Settlement B of the Brownfield Site. Residents can now Read more

New Housing Minister, Pennelope Beckles officially cuts ribbon to open Brownfield Site, Bois Bande Settlement

On Wednesday September 16, the Honourable Pennelope Beckles, newly appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development cut the ribbon to officially signal the opening of Brownfield Site, Bois Bande, Sangre Grande.   This milestone event highlighted the upgraded works that will benefit some 150 households in Settlement B of the Brownfield Site. Residents can now Read more

New Housing Minister, Pennelope Beckles officially hands over housing units to deserving recipients under the Housing and Village Improvement Programme

Newly-appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development, the Honourable Pennelope Beckles took time out of her busy schedule today to meet 78-year-old pensioner, Ms. Josephine Douglas and 52-year-old Ms. Delores Hercules to officially present them with keys to their new homes under the Ministry’s Housing and Village Improvement Programme. Also, in attendance were Minister in Read more

Welcome: Minister of Housing and Urban Development

Newly-appointed Minister of Housing and Urban Development, The Honourable Pennelope Beckles and Minister in the Ministry, The Honourable Adrian Leonce, were warmly welcomed to the Ministry on August 24, 2020. They both met earlier with Permanent Secretary Simone Thorne-Mora and Deputy Permanent Secretary Nirmala Ramlogan, as they familiarized themselves with the workings of the Ministry Read more

Permanent Secretary Welcomes Minister Leonce

Today, Permanent Secretary Ms Simone Thorne-Mora welcomed the Honourable Adrian Leonce, MP for Laventille East/ Morvant as Minister in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.

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Ministry Congratulates New Ministers

The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development welcomes the Honourable Pennelope Beckles, MP for Arima as the newly sworn-in Minister of Housing and Urban Development and The Honourable Adrian Leonce, MP for Laventille East/ Morvant as Minister in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. The Ministry congratulates both Ministers on their appointment and we

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Minister Beckles attends Launch of HDC’s Decentralized Services at Mon Repos, San Fernando

The Minister of Housing and Urban Development the Honourable Pennelope Beckles was pleased today to see the implementation of her recommendation to the Housing Development Corporation (HDC) that their service offerings be decentralized and be offered at the HDC San Fernando office. This initiative which was launched today, will bring untold benefits to existing and Read more