Housing Ministry Looking at Deposit Financing Scheme
The Government of Jamaica is looking at instituting a deposit financing scheme to provide short-term loans for homebuyers who are unable to come up with …
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Gov’t Addressing Housing Deficit
Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Morais Guy, says the Government is committed to the implementation of …
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More Persons Owning Homes Through the NHT
There are certain basic essentials that every person needs to exist comfortably, and one of them is a place to live. Some people have been …
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Major Titling Programme Launched for Operation Pride Schemes
The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, has launched a titling programme, aimed at further empowering a large segment of the Jamaican population who reside …
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Housing Policy to Give Strategic Direction to Sector
The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, has taken steps to formulate a National Housing Policy and Implementation Plan, to give strategic direction to the …
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NHT Chairman wants Greater Collaboration between Public and Private Sectors
Chairman of the National Housing Trust (NHT), Howard Mitchell, says there should be greater collaboration between public and private sector housing industry stakeholders in the …
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NHT Launches Journalism Award in Sustainable Development and Affordable Housing
In recognition of the media’s role in simulating debate on issues of national importance, the National Housing Trust (NHT) has established a special Journalism Award …
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A Review Of The National Housing Policy
Speaking to construction professionals earlier this year, Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, reiterated that the construction sector will play a key role …
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Policy Recommends National Emergency Housing Programme
The National Housing Policy produced for the Ministry of Water and Housing by a consortium from the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the …
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National Housing Policy Document to be completed by June
Minister of Water and Housing, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang, has announced that the National Housing Policy document will be completed by the end of June. …
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Caribbean Sanitation Workshop to Look at Urgent Issues
Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has welcomed a Regional Workshop on the ‘Integration of Sanitation Policies into National Development Plans of Caribbean …
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Caribbean Sanitation Workshop to Look at Urgent Issues
Minister of Water and Housing, Dr. Horace Chang, has welcomed a Regional Workshop on the ‘Integration of Sanitation Policies into National Development Plans of Caribbean …
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Cabinet Approves Housing Development in Trelawny
The National Housing Development Corporation (NHDC) should make ready, some 269 residential lots in Hague/Cave Island in Trelawny, by the end of this year. This …
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Govt. to Develop National Housing Policy
The Government is to develop a national housing policy, with a number of key components, including a new-look joint venture housing plan. Water and Housing …
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Cabinet Receives Interim Report on Kennedy Grove Housing Scheme
Cabinet has received an interim report on the Kennedy Grove Housing Development in Clarendon, which was inundated with rising water levels, following unprecedented rainfall in …
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House Approves $500 Million Loan to Mortgage Bank for Housing Development
The House of Representatives yesterday (Nov. 29) approved a $500 million loan to the Jamaica Mortgage Bank for the financing of housing developments in several …
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Jamaica to Host Hemispheric Water Management Meeting
Water stakeholders throughout the hemisphere will converge in Montego Bay from October 9 to 14 for the fifth annual Inter-American Dialogue on Water Management. This …
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Housing Development for Southside and Tel Aviv
The Government, through the Inner City Housing Project (ICHP), is seeking to bring some order to the housing situation in Southside and Tel Aviv in …
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$19.5 Million Allocated to Land Titling Project
Some $19.5 million has been set aside in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure tabled in the House of Representatives today, to continue with the development …
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$19.5 Million Allocated to Land Titling Project
Some $19.5 million has been set aside in the 2004/05 Estimates of Expenditure tabled in the House of Representatives today, to continue with the development …
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