Hon. Alexis Jeffers, Minister of Housing and Lands on Nevis and Mr. Valentine Lindsay, Chairman of the National Housing Corporation in St. Kitts, on tour at the Nevis Island Administration-owned quarry at New River on October 18, 2017
CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (October 19, 2017) —Mr. ValentineLindsay,Chairmanof the National Housing Corporation (NHC)Boardin St. Kitts, commended Hon. Alexis Jeffers, Minister of HousingandLands in the Nevis Island Administration (NIA)andthe Nevis HousingandLand Development Corporation (NHLDC), for what he described asimpeccablework being done at the Cedar View Development Project at Maddens.
TheNHCBoardChairmanwho headed a team to Nevis on October 18, 2017, gave the compliment at the end of a tour of the 14 acre multimillion dollar development funded by the St. ChristopherandNevis Social SecurityBoard, the NIA-owned quarry at New Riverandthe NHLDC office at Bath Plain. The tour was led by Mr. JeffersandManager of the NHLDC Mr. Dexter Boncamper.
Hon. Alexis Jeffers, Minister of Housing and Land on Nevis (middle) speaks to Mrs. Elreter Sampson-Browne, General Manager of the National Housing Corporation in St. Kitts and her team, during a tour of the Nevis Island Administration-owned quarry at New River on October 18, 2017
“In looking at the houses thedesigns, the finishes areimpeccable… we mainly have twodesignsin St. Kitts but I realise that your department here have a number ofdesigns…andfrom what we have seenandunderstand, we want to support the government here because we see that you guys are ready for business. You guys are delivering for the people,” he said.
Mr.Lindsaysaid they decided to visit to look at the best practices being used by the NHLDC. He said theNHCwas in the process of rebrandingandbelieved that the tour would be a learning moment for them.
He said on their return to St. Kitts, he was certain they would be implementing some of what they gleaned during the tour.
Technical staff from the National Housing Corporation in St. Kitts taking a close look at the finishing in a newly constructed affordable house at the Nevis Housing and Land Development Corporation’s Cedar View Development Project at Maddens on October 18, 2017
Meantime,NHCGeneral Manager Mrs. Elreter Sampson-Browne said they were in the process of trying to improve their product to give citizensandresidents the best houseandexpressed gratitude for the tour.
“We went into the office firstandwe were able to look at some of their internal processesandproceduresandwe feel, that we can go backandenhance what we have… Then when we went out in the field, we were able to look at variousdesignsof which our draftsmen have really taken view of, as well as thefinishings. So we got a lot from it todayandI really want to say thank you.
“I want to…thank our colleagues on the Nevis end…it will be done on our endandwe are waiting to receive themandshow them what we have because at the end of the day, it’s a federation. So we are saying across theboardwe want to give a standardise housing to our citizensandresidents,” she said.
Members of the National Housing Corporation in St. Kitts including Mr. Valentine Lindsay, Chairman of the National Housing Corporation ( front row third from right), General Manager Mrs Elreter Sampson-Browne (front row left) and the Nevis Housing and Land Development Corporation on a tour at the Cedar View Development Project at Maddens on October 18, 2017, led by Hon. Alexis Jeffers, Minister of Housing and Lands on Nevis (front row second from left) and Dexter Boncamper, Manager of the Nevis Housing and Lands Development Corporation (back row left)
Mrs. Sampson-Browne also thanked Hon. Eugene Hamilton, Minister of Human Settlement andNHCBoardfor affording them the opportunity to visit Nevis.
Mr. Jeffers thanked the team for coming to Nevisandnoted that a team from the NHLDC would reciprocate the visit.
He used the opportunity to thank the St. ChristopherandNevis Social SecurityBoardfor funding the projectandthose responsible for advancing the development project including the managementandstaff of the NHLDC, contractorsandfield workers.
The Minister said the NHLDC has been submitting monthly reports to the Social SecurityBoard, who have registered satisfaction with the progress of the project.
He also indicated that the NIA would approach them for further funding to satisfy the increasing demand for affordable housing on Nevis.
Other members of theNHCteam were Mr. Delroy ”Ranking” Liburd, Project Supervisor, Mr. David Allan, Purchasing Manager, Mr. Tyrone Jefferson, Supervisor in the Technical DepartmentandMs. Janell Rawlins , ClientandRelationsandPublic Officer.
Affordable homes under construction at the Nevis Housing Development Corporation’s Cedar View Development Project at Maddens on October 18, 2017
Finished affordable homes at the Nevis Housing and Land Development Corporation’s Cedar View Development Project at Maddens on October 18, 2017