More than 4 000 Barbadians are seeking housing assistance based on information from Minister of Housing and Lands Chris Gibbs.

The Minister cautioned that the figure is still being verified as he cited challenges facing Government as it attempts to close the widening gap between supply and demand.

“We are continuing to verify the data so that we can distinguish between individual applicants, family households, emergency cases and persons seeking different types of housing support. We do not want to mis-state the figure by treating every individual application as a family household,” he said.