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A first-time tenant said the Office of the Rent Commissioner admitted it could not help after her landlady backtracked on an agreement to return her deposit after she quit her apartment. Yesterday, the woman, who asked not to be named, said the depar...

Reports of unpaid war veteran benefits are to be investigated, a Government representative said last night. The spokesman said that “the Ministry of Finance has undertaken a review of the claims”. He added that a statement on the matter would be re...

A war veteran’s family are owed $20,000 in unpaid benefits and are struggling to make ends meet, they said yesterday. Kerrie Aubrey, whose 86-year-old mother Maureen has spent the last month in hospital, said the family have been forced to pay intere...

The planning department needs to do more to back “the growth of the country”, the home affairs minister has told the Development Applications Board. The minutes of the board’s meeting last month said Walter Roban attended to discuss plans to streamli...

The owners of the former Riddell’s Bay golf course have clashed with a group opposing their plans to rezone the site. Castile Holdings has submitted plans to break the property into 22 lots, including 18 residential lots, a nature reserve, open space...

A new Director of Planning will be charged with streamlining the planning process. Victoria Pereira, who previously worked on a series of major construction developments in Bermuda, replaces Aideen Ratteray Pryse, who was promoted to permanent secret...

A homeowner near a former golf course where the new owners want to build 18 luxury homes said yesterday that the plan by developers was “putting up buildings for rich people and to enrich themselves”. The objector, who asked not to be named, added th...

Dear Sir, Decisions have been made and are being made without any forethought or consideration for the consequences. There has been recent talk of yet another low-cost housing project, and yet the Grand Atlantic development was hailed on its presenta...

A programme to help families get on the property ladder is tackling Bermuda’s “housing crisis”, a minister told MPs. Lieutenant-Colonel David Burch, the Minister of Public Works, updated the House on the Bermuda Housing Corporation’s HomeStart progra...

Plans to build a gazebo and improve access for seniors and the disabled at Shelly Bay Beach were welcomed by residents last night. The proposed scheme would include “water wheelchairs” and removable non-slip mats that reach the water. About 60 people...

A plan to turn a former preschool into studio apartments and lofts has been submitted to planners. The Bermuda Housing Corporation said it wanted to convert the old St David’s preschool on Battery Road and a building next door into 14 homes. The cor...

Hundreds of people could be squatters in abandoned buildings, the head of a family charity said yesterday. Martha Dismont, executive director for Family Centre, said increased homelessness has led more people squatting or living on a temporary basis ...