Pres. Ali: Clearing 80,000 housing application backlog would require nearly half of Antigua’s landmass

Pres. Ali: Clearing 80,000 housing application backlog would require nearly half of Antigua’s landmass

Clearing the existing housing application backlog of 80,000 would require developing 20,000 acres of land, which is equivalent to nearly half of Antigua’s landmass, President Dr Irfaan Ali revealed on Thursday night. “I am telling you now, about the 80,000 (applications) in the system, 20,000 acres of new land must be developed. “Now, to give you an understanding of the scale and magnitude of that, it is almost 32 square miles, which is 20% the …