PMC housing portfolio increased |03 March 2005

A press release from the Department of Administration, which now falls under the Vice-President's Office, states that the responsibility for the administration and maintenance of government-owned houses for the accommodation of expatriate employees of government and of Seychellois employees entitled to temporary accommodation, shifted to the PMC as of March 1.

In addition to maintaining the government stock of employee accommodation, the PMC will also be charged with out-sourcing accommodation from the private sector in cases where no government-owned housing is available for the purpose.
However, the Public Administration Department will retain responsibility for referring to the PMC all cases of Seychellois and expatriates entitled to government accommodation.

Arrangements for temporary hotel accommodation for arriving and departing expatriate employees of Government will continue to be made by the Department of Public Administration.

The PMC, it is to be recalled, was set up in April last year under the Property Management Corporation Act, 2004. Its primary objective is to ensure the equitable provision of living accommodation to the people of Seychelles by way of sale, lease or rental of houses and flats in accordance with Government policy on housing.

The PMC is also responsible for the management and maintenance of buildings, housing estates, houses and flats assigned to it by the Government, erstwhile the responsibility of the now defunct Seychelles Housing Development Corporation (SHDC).

The PMC is administered by a Board of Directors chaired by Mr Patrick Lablache, the principal secretary for the Ministry of Land Use & Habitat.