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Ke­jan Haynes

Gov­ern­ment has moved to clar­i­fy the role of Land­mark TT Prop­er­ties Ltd fol­low­ing crit­i­cism from for­mer hous­ing min­is­ter Camille Robin­son-Reg­is, who ac­cused the ad­min­is­tra­tion of us­ing the com­pa­ny to al­low as­so­ciates to ac­cess state lands at “pep­per­corn rates.”

Speak­ing at a Peo­ple’s Na­tion­al Move­ment (PNM) pub­lic meet­ing on Tues­day, Robin­son-Reg­is said: “Now we are hear­ing about a new com­pa­ny called Land­mark TT Prop­er­ties Lim­it­ed—a state land in­vest­ment and de­vel­op­ment pub­lic-pri­vate part­ner­ship. They say this is to bridge the gap be­tween land avail­abil­i­ty and the in­creas­ing de­mand for un­sub­sidised, high-qual­i­ty hous­ing. In oth­er words, an­oth­er scheme where their rich friends and fi­nanciers can get their hands on state land at pep­per­corn rates.”