(BIS Photo/Yontalay Bowe)

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados – Prime Minister the Most Hon. Dr. Hubert Minnis stepped away from the CARICOM Inter-Sessional Meeting on Wednesday to view first-hand a sustainable housing community that could be used as a model for the Government’s planned housing development project on Abaco.  He toured the Villages at Coverley, a modern housing development located in Christ Church, featuring low- to middle-cost energy-efficient homes built to withstand a Category 5 hurricane, a 5.0 earthquake, storm surges and major flooding. The fully planned development also offers amenities -- a medical centre, gym, restaurants, stores, recreation centres and sports fields.  The Prime Minister remarked, the development "offers a realistic example of what a properly planned sustainable community could look like in The Bahamas. The homes are affordable, resilient and can withstand the shocks associated with climate change.”  (BIS Photos/Yontalay Bowe)

(BIS Photo/Yontalay Bowe)

(BIS Photo/Yontalay Bowe)

(BIS Photo/Yontalay Bowe)