President Danny Faure attended the official opening of the Sans Soucis Housing Estate at Bel Air this afternoon. The President was accompanied by the Minister for Habitat, Infrastructure and Land Transport, Mrs Pamela Charlette, and had the honour of unveiling the plaque to officially declare the estate open.

24 families registered in the Bel Air district received keys to their new house today.  The Sans Soucis Housing Estate comprises of 16 two-bedroom units and 8 three-bedroom units, at a cost of around 35 million Rupees. It was built by local contractor Turnkey Solution who began their contract in June 2018 and completed the work last month.

Speaking at the event, Minister Charlette said that as the country faces an extraordinary crisis, it is important that the Government continues to lead and bring comfort to its people. She stated that this will not be the last housing project in the Bel Air district, as it is in the programme for the construction of 2500 houses as announced in the President’s State of the Nation Address last month. 

With the official opening of this housing estate, this represents 276 housing units completed and allocated under the 24-24 housing project.

The ceremony was also attended by the Minister for Family Affairs, Mrs Mitcy Larue, Member of the National Assembly for Bel Air district, Hon Norbert Loizeau, Principal Secretary for Social Affairs, Mrs Linda William-Mélanie, Bel Air District Administrator, Ms Denise Dufrene, staff from the Ministry of Habitat, Infrastructure and Land Transport and PMC, and other distinguished guests.