Bridgetown.
Keisha Brathwaite who has illegally taken residence in an unoccupied house owned by the National Housing Corporation (NHC) at Barberees Hill, St Michael, must leave the unit says Minister of Housing Michael Lashley.
"This is a serious matter and the National Housing Corporation, as the property owner and the agent of the Crown, will asserts its rights shortly; and I am giving full notice to those person who believe they can go into housing units and ll will be well. I am sending a warning to those who feel they can break the fall", Lashley said.
"This impacts on the rule of the law and if we allow it, people will go and break into NHC units and decide that they can settle in them, that will be sending the wrong signal. It cannot happen under my tenure as minister,we will be taking action shortly. We hve to assert our rights and will do so through the legal process", he added.
Brathwaite, a 21 year old mother broke into the houseon November 18
with her two boys, three and four years old after her boyfriend threw her out of his house.
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