The Dread at the Control and The Township of Squatters Ville
“Dr Horace Chang, Former Minister of Water and Housing, stated that one-third of the people in Jamaica are squatters” ClovisToon: Residential communities being held at ransom by Squatters and the Government not doing a thing about it It is estimates that between 500,000 and 900,000 Jamaicans squatting across the island Our backyard extends behind the back wall, down the slope and across to the other side of the gully, beyond the gully is a couple acres of open land. The gully is vital to residence living on the hill because it controls the flow of rain water and should be kept clean to prevent flooding. One morning we woke up to find a rasta-man had moved on to the land beyond the gully and started building a shack, on land he did not own. The people living on the Avenue became very concerned and convened a meeting of the Neighborhood Association to determine the faith of the dreaded squatter. Some were concerned that the presence of a squatter in an upscale residential nei...