Seeking NHA house for 25 years

THE EDITOR: I would like you to highlight a problem that I’ve been having in obtaining a home with the National Housing Authority, for the past 25 years. I have been applying for housing accommodation but to no avail. I have applied to the Housing Scheme Keys to Your Dreams for a home and my name is down in the Lottery System. I went in for an interview on August 15 2002 and I was told that my name came down for a house in Maloney. I was then told by the interviewer that they would contact me, up to present time I haven’t had any correspondence from NHA. I wrote the Prime Minister on numerous occasions seeking assistance in obtaining a home, I received a reply from the Prime Minister’s office telling me that they forwarded my letter to the NHA. I went in to inquire if they had done anything for me but so far I haven’t reached anywhere.

The amazing thing about this entire situation is that people who have friends in NHA are getting houses. I know people whose friends have called them to come in and pay for houses even before they are built. It is the right of every citizen to have decent housing. The reason why we are having problems with squatters is because of the unfairness taking place at NHA. I am fed up with the whole situation and it seems like you have to pass the bucks or have friends in NHA to get a house from them.

MONICA PHILLIP