Low income workers to get building materials at wholesale prices- contract signed.

Georgetown : Guyanese low income earners will soon have an opportunity to build their dream homes at affordable cost. This will be possible with the Ministry of Housing signing a deal with Toolsie Persaud Limited to provide building materials at whole sale prices.

Ordinarily at hardware stores, wholesale prices are only offered if the customer is an established purchaser or is buying in bulk; paying approximately 10-15 percent less than what retail customers would be paying.

However, with this agreement, all qualifying customers and vulnerable groups (elderly, differently-abled etc) will be benefitting from wholesale prices.

Minister of Housing and Water, Irfaan Ali said that this initiative will have tremendous positive impacts on ordinary Guyanese. He added that, “this is an excellent example of the partnership between the housing and private sectors in advancing a product that is sustainable and in ensuring that we develop programmes that would reach every segment of our society.”