Six thousand dollars.
That’s how much a family with a combined household income of less than $15,000 will have to pay for a new 24 x 18 two-bedroom house if their house was destroyed during Tropical Cyclone Harold.
Minister for Housing and Community Development Premila Kumar confirmed today that they have worked out that the cost of a two-bedroom dwelling would be $18,000.
She says this means the one-third contribution by the household affected would be $6,000.
A survey by the National Disaster Management Office found that 635 homes across the country were destroyed by TC Harold, with over 2,100 suffering damage.
Kumar says if you take Kadavu for instance, there are a number of yaqona farmers, so surely they will not come under the category of an annual income of less than $15,000.
She says surely these farmers income is much higher.
Kumar says they have to look at how these farmers can be assisted.
