TRIP DOWN MEMORY LANE

Did you know that as far back as 1940s housing development schemes existed ?
Morvant is located in the southern foothills of the Northern Range of the island of Trinidad. The first settlers were working-class families who made their livelihoods within the homes and businesses of the (relatively) more affluent middle-class people living in the nearby capital city of Port of Spain. Long before the political advent of the PNM -- the Trinidad government in the 1940s undertook in Morvant an innovative community-based housing development program that strengthened the social and economic stability of the village . The housing development scheme was patterned on the community development and housing strategy that was being used in Puerto Rico and, some years later, was used in Cuba. Through this program, the government solicited the interest of several Morvant families and encouraged them to assist one another in restoring older homes and in building new homes in Morvant. As a result of this housing development approach, many new families joined the older Morvant residents and came to belong and strengthen this vibrant, resourceful and proud working-class community ( Source : Wikipedia)