Hundreds of Barbadians whose houses were damaged by Hurricane Elsa almost a year and a half ago will have to spend yet another Christmas away from their homes.Minister of Housing, Lands and Maintenance Dwight Sutherland said on Wednesday that while more than half of the 1 796 damaged houses have either been repaired or rebuilt, the others are still waiting for work to be completed.“While we are sorry, we have done an excellent job. We have reached over 50 per cent and the fact that we can access monies from the Catastrophe Fund means that we can finish these houses before the end of the financial year,” he said as he updated the media on the Hurricane Elsa rebuild project, following a tour of the Ridge Meadows housing development, at Ridge Meadows, Christ Church.
