Caroni Central MP David Lee, left, Agriculture Minister Ravi Ratiram and Defence Minister Wayne Sturge at Wednesday’s Budget Consultation in Freeport. PHOTO BY SHASTRI BOODAN

The Government’s national housing programme is set to begin this year, Planning and Development Minister Kennedy Swaratsingh announced on Wednesday. Speaking at a national budget consultation hosted by Caroni Central MP and Housing Minister David Lee at Three Road, Freeport, Swaratsingh said the administration has found a way to commercialise the incomplete housing stock left by the previous government.