Housing Shortage Continues Despite Many Promises

Only 22 percent of the target achieved The harsh reality in Suriname is that many generations of families still live together in one home. This is partly due to the extremely high rents of three hundred euros and more for a one- or two-room apartment, for example, while average salaries are also around that amount. The aim of the Santokhi/Brunswijk government was to help set up 3,750 homes with the Affordable Housing Project (AHP). Now that the …