St Kitts and Nevis: PM Timothy Harris hands over 15 houses to Mansion village residents

St Kitts and Nevis: Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris has handed over around 15 houses to the residents of the Mansion village on Friday, February 18.

The Team Unity has delivered the keys of 15 Petrocasas houses to the families who really needed them. Prime Minister Harris addressed the families during the handing over ceremony; while addressing, he stated that he was pleased to distribute the keys to the families of the Mansion village.

He further congratulated the families for “a fresh start in life, for freedom from landlords, for good future, and happier & beautiful homes.”

He also lauded the constructors and the project manager, noting the project manager has learnt and adopted the new housing technologies as per the requirements of St Kitts and Nevis government.

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“They have delivered us the finest project,” said Prime Minister Harris. Apart from this, he further counted the accomplishments of Team Unity in their tenure of past seven-years.

The families received the house keys during the ceremony scheduled for Friday, February 18, 2022, at 4 in the evening. The ceremony was conducted just two weeks after the Government of St Kitts and Nevis distributed 20 houses to the residents of the Stapleton community in St Peter’s through the National Housing Corporation (NHC).

The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Dr Timothy Harris, Parliamentary Representative of the area, and the Minister of Human Settlement – Eugene Hamilton. Both influential leaders addressed the residents and shared remarks.

These Petrocasas houses were donated by the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela to the Government of St Kitts and Nevis under the Petrocaribe arrangement. Petrocasas houses are constructed from the by-products of Venezuela’s oil refining industry, as the word (petrocasas) loosely translates ‘oil houses.’

To build the petrocasas, PVC panels are fitted together on a concrete base and then filled with concrete, steel, as well as iron girders.