MMUNITIES WHERE ASS CAN AFFORD TO LIVE In 2003, when Venezuelan real estate developers gathered with Trinidad and Tobago government officials around a business roundtable to discuss Vision 2020’s national housing development plan, few could have predicted the lasting impact of one rejected proposal. While the official framework ultimately excluded their initial ideas, Luis Dini, CEO of Home Solutions, saw something the bureaucrats missed: a powerful opportunity to transform middle-class housing in the twin-island nation. “We saw something greater; a powerful opportunity to uplift the middle class, drive innovation, and champion affordable housing,” Dini explains.The Venezuelan CEO had identified a critical gap in Trinidad’s housing market that persists today. With 191,000 people currently on the Housing Development Corporation’s waiting list, the need for private sector intervention has never been more urgent. Where government projects target low-income housing and private developments cater to the wealthy, Home HOW LUIS DINI’S COMPANY FOUND THE HOUSING SWEET SPOT BETWEEN LOW-INCOME GOVERNMENT PROJECTS AND LUXURY DEVELOPMENTS FOR THE WEALTHY 26 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 12, ISSUE 09
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