{"id":13370,"date":"2018-03-12T01:52:52","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T05:52:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=13370"},"modified":"2018-03-12T13:17:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T17:17:09","slug":"squatters-promised-land-for-one-dollar-per-square-foot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/squatters-promised-land-for-one-dollar-per-square-foot\/","title":{"rendered":"Squatters promised land for one dollar per square foot"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Antigua Barbuda Labour Party candidate for St. Paul Chet Greene says a manifesto promise to regularise squatters will benefit his constituency.<\/p>

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Greene said even today, there are many residents in St. Paul who have resided on lands for decades and still do not own the plots.<\/p>\n

The St. Paul hopeful said the solution to that problem can be found on page 33 of the ABLP manifesto.<\/p>

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“The sale of land to persons who have squatted for 10 years or more… The ABLP government will also sell land to persons who have been squatting on government-owned land on the mainland of Antigua for ten years or more for $1 per square foot,” he said.<\/p>

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Greene told supporters at a campaign event that it is because of his advocacy in the Cabinet that the policy has been included in the manifesto.<\/p>\n

He said residents of Ball Beef, Falmouth, English Harbour, Hospital Hill and Moss Pond will be among<\/p>

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“We are saying done with squatting, time for empowerment, time for ownership,” Greene said.<\/p>\n

“That allows you to own the land go to the bank and upgrade your home,” he added.<\/p>

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Greene is making a bid to return to Parliament as St. Paul’s MP. He will have to defeat his main opponent Gregory Athill of the United Progressive Party.<\/p>

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