Senators OK bill to clear way for affordable housing on Water Island

ST. THOMAS - With last month's transfer of the final 200 acres of Water Island to the Virgin Islands government, Sen. Celestino White Sr. says it is time for more people to live there.

A bill White proposed to transfer 60 of those 200 acres to the V.I. Housing Finance Authority for construction of affordable housing sailed through the Housing, Sports and Veterans Affairs Committee on Tuesday morning. Every senator at the committee hearing voiced enthusiastic support for the proposal and voted to send it to the Rules Committee for further consideration.

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