Squatters with ‘no choice’

Fri, November 09, 2012 - 12:02 AM

It is easy to say it is wrong for someone to build a house on land which does not belong to them.

It is also easy to see why they should be moved and why no amenities should be provided for them. But what is not so easy to see are the circumstances which lead a person to occupy land they do not own.

This week Street Beat is taking a look at a few of the people making Rock Hall, St Philip, their home, to give a human face to the situation.

The area has been in the Press on more than one occasion as it was said it is along the flight path for airplanes heading into the Grantley Adams international Airport and houses there were
a potential threat to air traffic due to light reflecting off the roofs, among other issues.

In the past, Government has placed eviction notices on dwellings there, but people continue to live in Rock Hall as, according to them, they have nowhere else to go.

This is the situation facing Shelliann Yearwood. A mother of three, she said she was faced with the stark reality of not being able to continue to afford to keep a roof over her children’s heads. (CA)

Please read the full story in today’s WEEKEND NATION, or in the eNATION edition.

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Posted by Bim Bum 7 months, 1 week ago: Perhaps this is a manifestation
of the critical Over-Population Problem
that Barbados has developed?
..and no-one wants to countenance it?