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Rep­re­sen­ta­tives of the Na­tion­al Com­mis­sion for Self Help (NC­SH) Lim­it­ed have vis­it­ed the Laven­tille Road, San Juan home of Adan­na Winn, who has been liv­ing in a se­vere­ly di­lap­i­dat­ed struc­ture for years. How­ev­er, she was left dis­ap­point­ed af­ter be­ing de­nied a grant for re­fur­bish­ment works.

Near­ly a month ago, Guardian Me­dia in­ter­viewed Winn, who plead­ed with the Gov­ern­ment for as­sis­tance to re­pair her home or to pro­vide a safe place for her to live. “All I want is just to be com­fort­able, you know, and get a lil’ peace of mind,” she said at the time.

When Winn re­ceived a call from Self Help on Tues­day, she felt a sense of re­lief—but that was short-lived af­ter the rep­re­sen­ta­tives in­formed her they could not present her with a $25,000 grant be­cause she does not own the prop­er­ty.