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Se­nior Mul­ti­me­dia Re­porter

Even as she de­nounced squat­ting as il­le­gal, Hous­ing Min­is­ter Camille Robin­son-Reg­is says the gov­ern­ment will be con­struct­ing 500 res­i­den­tial units this year for squat­ters who oc­cu­py both State and pri­vate lands.

Speak­ing at a keys dis­tri­b­u­tion held at San Fer­nan­do City Hall au­di­to­ri­um on Wednes­day, Robin­son-Reg­is said the 500 ben­e­fi­cia­ries will in­clude peo­ple from the LSA's Squat­ter Reg­u­lar­i­sa­tion Pro­gramme as well as per­sons liv­ing on pri­vate lands who qual­i­fy un­der the LSA's Home Vil­lage Im­prove­ment Pro­gramme cri­te­ria.