Climate-resilient housing is bringing revolution to the construction sector of Dominica

The new episode of Prime Minister Dr Roosevelt Skerrit's Anou Palay was broadcasted on Sunday 13 October 2020 where the leader recalled the devastation caused by the category five Hurricane Maria in 2017.

Prime Minister stated that the government of Dominica reacted swiftly to manage the situation and took assistance worth US 150 million dollars from the World Bank.

Mr Nicholar Bruno from Dominica Recovery Housing Project also joined the PM where he stated that the housing project is designed in a such a way that it is not only providing housing but also strengthing the construction sector of the country.

Prime Minister Dr Roosevelt Skerrit stated that Hurricane Maria caused significant damages to the farming and housing sector along with impacting lives and people's abilities to provide shelter for themselves and their families.

The government of Dominica is committed to building over five thousand climate-resilient homes along with repairing several others impacted by the hurricane.

The newly constructed homes are capable of taking any category five natural catastrophe. The project was approved in 2018. Several hundreds of houses in the country are already distributed to beneficiaries free of any charges.

Recalling the damages and devastation of the natural catastrophe, Dr Skerrit added that, "90 percent of the housing sector was destroyed, totalling the damages at 995 million dollars that include the replacement cost of the homes as well as repair cost of partially damaged houses."

Prime Minister stated that 149 damages were counted in the agriculture sector, while 335 million dollars loses were suffered.