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730 persons living in dangerous accommodation – Minister
Housing Authority must ensure suitable works are carried out in government accommodations, ensuring that taxpayers get value for money.
11 April 2013, 12:00am
Staff Reporter
Staff Reporter
1 min read
Social policy minister Marie Louise Coleiro Preca with Housing Authority CEO Albert Buttigieg
730 persons were living in dangerous accommodation and have been awaiting alternative accommodation for years, some even dating back to four year.
Visiting an elderly woman who lived in an apartment managed by the Housing Authority, Social Policy Minister Marie Louise Coleiro Preca said the authority must ensure that contractors respect their obligations and providing services that returned value for money paid by the taxpayer.
The apartment the minister visited today was given to an 89-year-old woman in September but had a leaking gas pipe, a broken bathroom sink and a window which did not close properly.
A similar situation existed in a block of apartments in Merchant's Street which had problems with the water tanks and sewage system.
Preca said some 3,000 others were waiting for social accommodation.
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What happened to my comment I sent this morning?
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Pathetic. When there was a shortage of apartments and homes for the people in 1974 the Government under the administration of Dom Mintoff (MLP) and his henchman Lorry Sant., they requisitioned (confiscated) all the empty houses and empty apartments, very few at the time, and put their constituents in those newly acquired homes. Like I mentioned many times before and I also brought it up to Mr Buttigieg of the Housing Authority who washed his hands off the whole thing like Pontius Pilot. He and the whole PN administration ignored me like I did not exist. Mr Buttigieg told me that our requisitioned property at 60 Triq in_Naxxrar B'Kara was derequisitioned, returned to my family in 2007. He neglected to inform us that the new law states that I cannot evict this squatter living there since 1974 for peanut rent (19 Maltese Liri a year)set by the government at the time. The law states that I have to let 2 generations of these squatter renters to live there until they die or disappear and that leaves very little my family can do to evict these squatter tenants from 1974. I have written to Simon Busuttil who had passed it to Minister said who passed it on to his aide Mr Chircop who turned out to be a dud. All we are asking is for the courts and or the Government to let us be able to evict these opportunistic tenants so we can enjoy our Parents' inheritance before we all die and somebody else is enjoying their fruit except the family. My email is [email protected] if you care. Change the archaic and sometimes barbaric laws that run our country.
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Well if you are looking for the answer to this, it's simple ! no more money left after RCC secured his wage, followed by Airmalta CEO and dont forget the MEPA chairman too..... one million for a mater dei report which recommendations were not even taken on board.... verament hasbu li l-kaxxa ta'Malta bla qieh !
