Tag: housing crisis

Housing report to remain secret as crisis worsens

Housing report to remain secret as crisis worsens

| 14/02/2025 | 52 Comments

(CNS): The Office of the Ombudsman (OMB) has found in the Cayman Islands Government’s favour and ruled that the report by a ministry task force into the country’s housing crisis can remain secret. Although the work was conducted using public money and the government said it would help them tackle one of Cayman’s major social […]

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US consultants working on draft housing policy

US consultants working on draft housing policy

| 17/06/2024 | 38 Comments

(CNS): Public Works LLC, the US-based consultants contracted by the UPM government to draft the Cayman Islands’ first housing policy, has begun work on that document, according to ministry officials. Since winning the CI$276,750 contract last October, the consultants have carried out a public consultation, including an online survey, and met with stakeholders and focus […]

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Survey launched to help UPM with housing challenge

Survey launched to help UPM with housing challenge

| 20/03/2024 | 49 Comments

(CNS): Almost two years after the government established a cross-ministerial task force to examine the housing crisis in the Cayman Islands and develop a policy, it is now seeking ideas from the public. Fuelled by competing demands and exceptionally high prices, the housing market in Cayman has become unaffordable for almost all but the very […]

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DP calls for 30-storey buildings away from beach

DP calls for 30-storey buildings away from beach

| 20/10/2022 | 176 Comments

(CNS): Deputy Premier Chris Saunders has called for a conversation about a policy change that would allow for much taller buildings on Grand Cayman that are well away from the beach. Saunders has suggested this as a solution to the housing crisis that the country is now facing and to enable an increase in room […]

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