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Managing Director of the HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Taneisha Ingleton (second right), assists homeowner Madge Shields (third left) in cutting the ribbon to her newly renovated home, at the handover ceremony on August 8 at Woodford Park in Kingston. Sharing in the moment (from left) are Councillor for the Trafalgar Division, Jesse James; Member of Parliament for St. Andrew South East, Julian Robinson; and Deputy Managing Director, HEART/NSTA Trust, Dr. Cheryl McLaughlin.

HEART/NSTA Renovates House for Kingston Senior Citizen

Seventy-six-year-old Madge Shields is the beneficiary of a newly renovated one-bedroom home from the HEART/NSTA Trust. The unit, which includes a bathroom, kitchen and living room, was handed over during a ceremony held on Thursday (August 8) at Smith Lane...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), presents the keys to a brand-new one-bedroom unit under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) to Beverly Howell (centre) in Clarendon North Central on August 2. Sharing in moment are (from left) Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation and Member of Parliament for the constituency, Hon. Robert Morgan; Councillor, Rock River Division, Uriah Mitchell; and Permanent Secretary in the Ministry, Arlene Williams.

NHT Advanced in Construction of Nearly 30,000 Housing Units

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), presents New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) beneficiary, Leta Williams, with the keys to her new two-bedroom home in Lodgie Green District in Grantham, Clarendon on Friday (July 26). Sharing the moment are Member of Parliament for Clarendon North Western, Phillip Henriques, and NSHP officials.

244 Houses Handed Over Under NSHP, 900 Persons Impacted

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the Jamaica Government Pensioners Association 57th Annual General Meeting held recently at the Terra Nova All-Suite Hotel in St. Andrew.

Two Pensioners to Benefit under NSHP Annually

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), is assisted by Yanique Duhaney (second left) of Donegal District in St. Elizabeth, in cutting the ribbon during the handover of her new home, built under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), on Friday (July 19). Looking on are Minister of State in the Ministry of Science, Energy, Telecommunications and Transport and Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth North Western, Hon. William James Charles (J.C.) Hutchinson (right); Mayor of Black River and Chairman of the St. Elizabeth Municipal Corporation, Councillor Richard Solomon (centre); and Chair, NSHP Oversight Committee, Judith Robb Walters.

Gov’t Looking To Scale-up The New Social Housing Programme

2 years ago HousingHurricane Relief & RecoveryPress Release

NHT Contributors to apply for Hurricane Beryl Relief by September 30, 2024

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), greets New Housing Social Programme (NHSP) beneficiary, Enid Chisholm (right), on arrival in Baulk District, Hanover on July 12. Looking on is Member of Parliament for Western Hanover, Tamika Davis.

2 years ago HousingOffice of the Prime Minister

286 Units Built under New Social Housing Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says that more than 286 houses have been constructed and approximately 230 handed over to beneficiaries under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). He said that the Government is seeking to partner with other organisations, such as Food For the Poor, to expand and speed up the delivery of dwellings. An estimated 6,000...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, provides an update on the Hurricane Beryl Relief and Recovery Efforts, in the House of Representatives on July 16.

2 years ago HousingOffice of the Prime Minister

NHT Extends Support to Persons Impacted by Hurricane Beryl

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has introduced a multipronged response to support the immediate recovery efforts for persons directly impacted by Hurricane Beryl and to bolster the long-term disaster resilience of communities. These include Moratorium for NHT Mortgagors, Peril Insurance for NHT Mortgagors, Special Home Improvement Loan for Roof and Home Repair, and a Special Home Grant for vulnerable NHT...

2 years ago Housing

Press Release

The National Housing Trust, NHT acknowledges the varying degrees of damage suffered by our mortgagors during the passage of Hurricane Beryl. The NHT is advising mortgagors who suffered property damage during Hurricane Beryl, that insurance claims must be filed by Friday, August 16, 2024. Affected mortgagors may file their claims at any NHT branch office. The NHT is reminding mortgagors,...

Sharing in team NHT’s excitement is The Honourable Pearnel Charles Jr. MP, Minister of Labour and Social Security (fourth right) and Dr. the Honourable Norman Dunn, Minister of State in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (fourth left).

Team NHT (from left): Ainsley McDonald, Acting Manager, Loan Accounting; Roshane
Thompson, Acting Loan Portfolio Officer; Shaniek Robinson, Acting ISO 9001 Project
Manager; Dr Suzanne Wynter, General Manager Loan Manager; Dr Lanie Oakley-Williams, Senior General Manager, Customer Relations Management; Damion Reid,
Acting Manager, Loan Management and Shirley Pryce, Senior Social Development
Officer.

2 years ago HousingLabourOffice of the Prime MinisterPress ReleaseSocial Security

NHT Wins Inaugural Public Sector Productivity Competition

The National Housing Trust, NHT, are winners of the inaugural Public Sector Productivity Competition. The announcement was made at an awards ceremony, on Friday June 21, 2024. The competition, which was organised by the Jamaica Productivity Centre (JPC), through the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, was geared towards encouraging public bodies to implement innovative strategies to improve productivity and...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses the recent opening of the multibillion-dollar New Brunswick Village in Spanish Town, St. Catherine.

2 years ago DevelopmentHousingOffice of the Prime MinisterPrime Minister

Gov’t Looking at Providing Lands for Housing Development

Government is looking at a programme to make lands available for housing development as part of measures to drive down housing costs for Jamaicans. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, in making the disclosure at the recent opening of Sagicor Group’s New Brunswick Village in Spanish Town, St. Catherine, said the objective is to make construction of houses more...

Compliance Manager for the National Housing Trust (NHT), Garth Evans, speaks at a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, today (June 26).

2 years ago HousingOffice of the Prime Minister

NHT Accepting Applications for Contribution Amnesty Programme

Micro, small and medium-sized enterprises (MSMEs) and registered charitable institutions facing financial hardships are being urged to submit applications under the National Housing Trust (NHT) Contribution Amnesty Programme. The initiative aims to facilitate their recovery and offer relief from interest and penalties on outstanding contributions for eligible entities and will run through to March 2025. Eligible organisations include those that...