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Assistant General Manager for Corporate Communication and Public Affairs, National Housing Trust (NHT), Dwayne Berbick, addresses a Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank on Thursday (June 29).

Some NHT Contributors to Access Benefits Directly After EMFP Takes Effect

Some National Housing Trust (NHT) contributors will still be able to access benefits directly from the institution, even after the External Mortgage Financing Programme (EMFP) takes full effect in August. “The NHT will continue to process [loans for] contributors within...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), points to a section of the multimillion-dollar housing development being constructed at St. Paul’s Lane in St. Andrew West Central during a tour on Tuesday (June 27). Accompanying him (from left) are Managing Director, Jamaica Social Investment Fund (JSIF), Omar Sweeney; Portfolio Manager, Basic Needs Trust Fund, Caribbean Development Bank, George Yearwood, and JSIF Chairman, Dr. Wayne Henry.

Prime Minister Pleased with Progress of St. Paul’s Lane Housing Development

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie.

New House for Young Burn Victim

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), cuts the ribbon to officially hand over a new indigent housing unit to beneficiary Shawya Farquharson (second right) in Brompton, St. Elizabeth on June 22. Sharing the occasion (from left) are Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster; Councillor of the Brompton Division, Whitney Smith-Currie and Corporate Secretary for the Board of Supervision, Treka Lewis.

Resident of Brompton Gets New House Under Indigent Programme

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third left), cuts the ribbon symbolising the official handover of a two-bedroom house to Georgette Moving (second right) at Bamboo Ridge, Bartons, St. Catherine Southwest, on Friday (June 23). The house was built at a cost of $5 million under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Sharing the moment from left are: Chairman, Oversight Committee, NSHP, Judith Robb Walters; Ms. Moving’s daughter, Janelle Evans; Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation and St. Catherine Southwest Member of Parliament, Hon. Everald Warmington, and Councillor, Old Harbour North, Keith Knight.

151 New Social Housing Programme Units Already Built

A section of the Red Hills housing scheme (phase one) in St. Thomas.

3 years ago Housing

Phase One of Red Hills and Poorman’s Corner Housing Schemes to be Rehabilitated

Phase one of the Red Hills and Poorman’s Corner housing schemes in St. Thomas are to be rehabilitated. A contract has been signed to execute the works, according to Chief Engineering Officer at the St. Thomas Municipal Corporation, Odel Felix. He told JIS News that Alcar Construction and Haulage Company Limited is the contractor selected for the project, which includes...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (centre), cuts ribbon to officially hand over a new Indigent Housing Programme unit to beneficiary Bernicey Wright (second left) in Black River, St. Elizabeth, on June 22. Also taking part are (from left) Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Mining and Member of Parliament for St. Elizabeth Southwestern, Hon. Floyd Green; Mayor of Black River, Councillor Derrick Sangster and Councillor for the Black River Division, Dwight Salmon.

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Fire Victim Gets New House Under Indigent Housing Programme

Bernicey Wright, who lost her home to fire in Black River, St. Elizabeth, is the proud recipient of a new house under government’s Indigent Housing Programme. The programme, which is delivered under the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development’s Municipal Social Assistance (MSA) project, is designed to address the housing crisis among the poor and most vulnerable. The two-bedroom...

Government Senator, Abka Fitz-Henley, addresses the Senate on February 2.

3 years ago Housing

Private Sector Encouraged to Partner with Gov’t on New Social Housing Project

Members of the private sector are being encouraged to partner with the Government to increase the number of units built under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Government Senator, Abka Fitz-Henley, made the call as he opened the 2023/24 State of the Nation Debate in the Senate recently. More than 520 Jamaicans across 48 constituencies have already benefited under the...

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), along with one of the beneficiaries of the housing project at St. Paul’s Lane, Patricia Clarke, tour the development located in the St. Andrew West Central Constituency, on June 16.

3 years ago Housing

PM Tours St. Paul’s Lane Housing Development

Prime Minister the Most Hon. Andrew Holness says the multimillion-dollar housing development currently being undertaken at St. Paul’s Lane in St. Andrew West Central, is a model for how informal settlements can be transformed across Jamaica. Mr. Holness, who is Member of Parliament for the area, conducted a site visit on Friday (June 16) to see the progress being made...

Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, makes his contribution to the 2023/24 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 31.

3 years ago Housing

Gov’t Commits to Issuing 20,000 Certificates of Title Over Three Years

The Government has committed to issuing 20,000 Certificates of Title over a three-year period under the National Land Titling Programme. For the period ending March 31, 2023, the programme achieved an overall 74 per cent out-turn against the target of 14,400 Titles, with the issuance of 10,626 documents. “Of this total, the Systematic Land Registration process produced 7,257 Titles,” Minister...

(FILE Photo) Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), cuts the ribbon to hand over a three-bedroom unit to Burnesa Blake (centre) in Williamsfield, Manchester on (April 14). Others pictured (from left) are community member, Ian Hibbert; Member of Parliament for Manchester Central, Rhoda Moy Crawford and Chairperson of the Oversight Committee for the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), Judith Robb Walters. The house was built under the NSHP, which is an initiative of the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation. The initiative is geared at improving the housing condition of the country’s most vulnerable population.

3 years ago HousingSectoral Debate 2023/24

Over 523 Persons Benefit Under the New Social Housing Programme

More than 523 Jamaicans across 48 constituencies have, so far, benefited under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). A total of 137 housing units, or 331 rooms, have been completed under the initiative, as of April 21, 2023. Minister Without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, made the disclosure during his 2023/24...

3 years ago Housing

Strata Corporations Urged to File Annual Returns

Director of the Commission of Strata Corporations (CSC), Tricia Harris says proprietors of strata corporations are still able file their annual returns with the Commission. Ms. Harris explained that while fees are due and payable on April 1 each year, corporations have up to 120 days from March 31, to file their returns. “This is really a provision in law...