LAND IS BEING sold and leased and houses rented at the ever expanding squatters’ village at Rock Hall in St Philip.
The last remaining acres of the former dump site, which is not far from Grantley Adams International Airport, was cleared about two years ago but more squatters have since moved in and built illegal structures on every remaining square foot.
SUNDAY SUN investigations revealed that one occupier sold her selected spot in frustration after thieves made off with $10 000 worth of building materials she had bought. Others have built houses and are renting them for between $50 and $75 a week to people desperate for housing.
The majority of residents in the newest subsection are said to be non-nationals, some of who have brought in their friends and families from Jamaica, St Vincent and Guyana.
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