Great move by the Peoples' Government
Tukai Lagonilakeba, Nadi
I wish to thank the Minister for Housing, Urban Development and Squatter Resettlement Parveen Kumar for the completion of another 420 lots from the mataqali Vunamaoli landowning unit from Saunaka Village, Nadi, in the Matavolivoli Stage 2 Housing Subdivision at Votualevu. Apart from the above there is the Legalega Housing, Votualevu Housing and Public Rental Board, Malawai Housing, Matavolivoli stage 1 Housing, Malawai Housing, Savunawai Stage 1 and 2 Housing, Ledrusasa Housing, ATS Housing, Valenimasima Settlement, Kartaram Estate, Bayview Heights and the Carerras Subdivision, all these are only five minutes' drive away from the Nadi International Airport, and they are the most densely populated area in Nadi.
A big vinaka vakalevu (thank you) to these itaukei landowners, the Turaga Ni
Mataqali Yavusasivo Ratu Isaia Saukuru, the Turaga ni Mataqali Vunamaoli and the Turaga ni Mataqali Vunaivi - all from Saunaka Village for giving up your land to facilitate the demand for housing as investment increases in Nadi.
I would like to call upon the chief executive officer for Housing Authority of Fiji with the iTaukei Land Trust Board south western manager to please get those empty lots owners in all these subdivisions to clean up their overgrown vacant land parcels which are also household rubbish dumping grounds for those senseless irresponsible Fijians.
Some of these lot owners have never bothered to build homes on their land the past 15 years and these all fall within the Nadi Town Council boundaries, should they not be penalised?
But I am personally informed that they have all breached the terms of their land leases conditions, but who is responsible here?
The Matavolivoli Stage 2 Subdivision is now complete and many applicants will have started getting their 99 years Residential Lease titles after the signing of their Sales and Purchase agreements and I would like to request the authorities concerned to please get these recipients to cut the overgrown grass on their lots.
I have sighted one of the offer letters for the above subdivision recipient and I believe all those that have been given the green light to own their first lot and home have had their $10,000 first homeowner government grant included in their offer letters much to their surprise after the assessment by HA.
For those who earn less than $30,000 annually the grant will have a positive impact on their lives and is God sent, it is a real blessing for them as it will be the first time in their life they are given the opportunity to own a property for their own individual families.
It is a great move indeed by the People's Government.