The Central Housing and Planning Authority (CH&PA) has not assessed how migration is affecting demand for housing, the Minister of Housing, Collin Croal told the National Assembly yesterday.
The minister was responding to a question from APNU MP Sherod Duncan, who asked whether the authority had conducted any assessments of housing demand arising from current migration flows.
Duncan also asked whether any region had reported an increase in informal settlements associated with migration and, if so, whether housing allocation plans had been revised in response.
“Again, similar to the previous question, we do not track migrants,” the minister said. The reply left open whether any region had reported such an increase or whether housing allocation plans had changed.
In response to a separate question on whether the validity of work permits is checked during workplace inspections, the Minister of Labour and Manpower Planning Keoma Griffith said the ministry does not carry out those checks because the authority to do so rests outside the ministry.
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