It really would be instructive to see the well-to-do people in the flesh protesting with Dr Moonilal outside the venue to be advised, concerning the reversion on the cap of earnings per household to the $25,000 HDC limit qualifying income, from the increased $45,000 under the last government
The fact is, the average person in T&T earns between $7,000 to $8,000 per month with many families having one bread-winner. If there are two people earning $8,000 each then the total income would be $16,000 monthly.
A $45,000 combined income can indeed be considered an upper middle class household and can qualify for an appropriate mortgage allowing them to purchase a home not subsidised by taxpayers.
I agree 100 per cent with this decision, and it is precisely because of decisions such as these under the last government that benefited the well to do only, I no longer support the party I was once a member of.
Kavita Maraj,
Chaguanas.