15485: Karshan: President Aristide inaugurates four housing developments (fwd)

[Bob Corbett <corbetre@webster.edu>]

From: MKarshan@aol.com

On May 1st, Haiti's national day of agriculture and labor, President Aristide
inaugurated housing developments in four locations.  Under the auspices of
Haiti's Ministry of Social Affairs, the 457 new housing units, representing
3,044 rooms, are designed to improve the conditions of the population.  The
developments, ONAVille in Thomazeau, Quartier 2004 on the newly laid
Independence Blvd and named for next year's bicentennial of independence, and
Village Renaissance to the Northwest of Cite Soleil, were created primarily
for government workers.  In addition to parks, a swimming pool and a kiosk,
forty stores were built throughout the developments and the government hopes
to construct schools as well. The fourth inauguration was of units built in
La Saline, replacing homes destroyed in a 2001 fire.
=============================