Minister of Housing and Urban Development David Lee, speaking in Parliament on June 17 during the mid-year budget review, accused the former Minister of Housing of contracting thousands of people via an investment company for work related to the April 28 general elections. He added, however, had not yet been paid for their contract work.

Despite this, Lee said he told the Housing Development Corporation: "If the people worked, pay them. It’s only fair."

Lee did not specify which former housing minister he was referring to, although MP for Trincity/Maloney, Camille Robinson-Regis, served as housing minister from 2022 until 2025. She became Attorney General in March, after Stuart Young was appointed Prime Minister following Dr Keith Rowley’s resignation. Upon her appointment, then-Minister in the Ministry Adrian Leonce was promoted to Minister of Housing.