{"id":78611,"date":"2019-11-11T07:27:08","date_gmt":"2019-11-11T11:27:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/?p=78611"},"modified":"2019-11-11T07:40:29","modified_gmt":"2019-11-11T11:40:29","slug":"government-evicts-family-of-10-in-booby-alley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/government-evicts-family-of-10-in-booby-alley\/","title":{"rendered":"Government Evicts Family Of 10 In Booby Alley"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The accommodation for a family of 10, a home on Lower North Street, became the first to be removed from the Booby Alley community as the government prepares to launch a major housing project in the area.<\/p>

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The house belonged to Sharon Roberts who expressed that she was no longer going to resist the government’s appeal for her to leave.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have been behind us for quite some time; I cannot fight with the government, so I decided to move. They have sent all sorts of letters and I do not have any money to put up a fight,\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>

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She was given assurance by the relevant authorities that she would be compensated for any damage to property that may result during the relocation process.<\/p>

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Roberts, who has lived in the area for over 20 years, said she received the most recent notification to leave about two days ago and that the government has provided accommodation at the Joe Mike\u2019s Hotel on Lower Nevis Street.<\/p>\n

However, she is concern because her family have not been able to take any of their possessions except clothing.<\/p>

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Roberts, who is also unemployed, also questions the government on how her family will be catered for in terms of food.<\/p>\n

\u201cMy boyfriend asked the lady how we would eat; she, however, told him she has nothing to do with that. While food is sold at Joe Mike\u2019s, suppose we do not have any money to purchase it?\u201d Roberts said.<\/p>

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Earlier this year, there was a major stand-off between residents of Point and the police after Roberts and her family refused to accept a notice for them to vacate. The situation escalated to near-riot proportions as scores of residents converged on the area and showed their disapproval by blocking the street with furniture and other debris.<\/p>

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Prime Minister Gaston Browne, who is also the Member of Parliament for area, visited the scene of the unrest and appealed for calm, but his attempts were in vain as the residents did not hesitate to voice their outrage and most of them indicated that they felt they were being bullied into accepting eviction\/relocation notices.<\/p>\n

At the time, Roberts and her family said that they would have agreed to the move if they were being relocated to a home within the neighbourhood.<\/p>\n

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