(Kaieteur News) – President Irfaan Ali says Guyana currently faces a housing backlog of approximately 75,000 to 78,000 pending applications, as of early 2026, with more than 50,000 of those concentrated in Region Four alone.

Speaking Thursday in a livestream shared on his Facebook page, Ali laid out his administration’s housing agenda for the next four years, which includes constructing 40,000 new housing units and clearing the backlog in nine of the ten administrative regions before the end of his term.

Region Four, where land constraints have made new development increasingly difficult, is the exception: government’s 2025-2030 Strategic Housing Plan commits only to processing eligible applicants from 2021 and earlier in that region.