Stephen, at the outset a disclaimer that I am not fully aware of this scheme.
However, theoretically, it sound good. The govt should provide incentives to goans to maintain their old houses. The house should be upgraded with modern amenities. One or two rooms should be set aside for homestays. This will provide an income to the owner while at the same time help him to maintain his house. This is very common in Europe and one will find many such homestays which are cheaper than hotels. The visitor gets an opportunity to live with a goan family and observe their culture. Such homestays can set off other services like taxi, laundry, mess, tourist guide etc. It is worth giving it a chance. It is better to light a candle rather than curse the darkness. Regards, Marshall *Just today ( 7th May 2017) we read in Herald that " STAY IN AN OLD HOUSEGET INCENTIVES"My answer to Vijay is why not first he stays in his old house. His lectureto Goans to stay in old houses is to keep them always in such badconditions and never allowing them to come up whereas the Non Goans arestaying in new houses and on high rise buildings with all thefacilities/amenities like swimming pool, recreation club and what not andGoans are put to suffer by dictating them to remain in old houses?Vijay promises them some incentives is just to fool them, again he showsthat he is a "fotkiro"* *Stephen Dias*