Contractor Al Barrack is on a new collision course with Government over the construction of four houses in Hopeland, near Rices, St Philip.
The four lots were apparently sold by the National Housing Corporation (NHC) over four years ago, but based on a charge order issued by the courts last year, Barrack, backed by his attorney, is claiming that those lands rightfully belong to him.
He also said he was prepared to enforce his rights to the property for which he already had special plans.
“This is the final warning to stop building and remove the encumbrances,” Barrack warned yesterday.
Last year, the High Court imposed the charge on the NHC’s Warrens Office Complex, along with two parcels of land owned by the corporation at Rices – this in a bid to resolve an outstanding debt of over $65 million owed to the building contractor by the NHC.
The complex was valued at $73 million and the land, $2 million.
When contacted last night, Minister of Housing and Lands Michael Lashley directed us to acting NHC general manager Lanette Napoleon-Young who told the SUNDAY SUN the matter was sub judice and she therefore could not comment in any detail.
But Barrack’s attorney Alrick Scott in a statement warned that “the judgment and charging order bind purchasers of land from the National Housing Corporation”.
He said the NHC was responsible for allowing anyone to build on the land knowing there was a charge on it, and that those who had constructed houses in Rices should take up their predicament with the corporation.
