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Census Data to Address Housing Needs for Vulnerable Groups

The Government is looking to use data from the 2022 Population and Housing Census to ascertain and more effectively address the shelter needs of Jamaica’s most vulnerable citizens. This, by further streamlining provisions under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP),...
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, gives the keynote address during a handover ceremony for a three-bedroom house to a family in Guy’s Hill, St. Catherine, on August 11. This was done under the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, gives the keynote address during a handover ceremony for a three-bedroom house to a family in Guy’s Hill, St. Catherine, on August 11. This was done under the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme.

Social Contract to be Introduced In HOPE Programme
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), cuts the ribbon to celebrate the official handover a new three-bedroom home to Delano Tucker (third right) and his family in Guy’s Hill, St. Catherine, on Wednesday (August 11). The unit was built under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Joining in the occasion (from left) are daughter, Denisha Tucker; mother, Nattris Tucker; Member of Parliament for St. Catherine Northeast, Kerensia Morrison; Chairperson, Oversight Committee for NSHP, Judith Robb Walters, and father, Desmond Tucker.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), cuts the ribbon to celebrate the official handover a new three-bedroom home to Delano Tucker (third right) and his family in Guy’s Hill, St. Catherine, on Wednesday (August 11). The unit was built under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Joining in the occasion (from left) are daughter, Denisha Tucker; mother, Nattris Tucker; Member of Parliament for St. Catherine Northeast, Kerensia Morrison; Chairperson, Oversight Committee for NSHP, Judith Robb Walters, and father, Desmond Tucker.

PM Hands Over Three-Bedroom Home to Delano Tucker and Family
Corporate and Public Affairs Manager of the National Housing Trust, Dwayne Berbick.
Corporate and Public Affairs Manager of the National Housing Trust, Dwayne Berbick.

NHT Contributors Encouraged to Use Refund Towards Homeownership
Corporate and Public Affairs Manager of the National Housing Trust, Dwayne Berbick.
Corporate and Public Affairs Manager of the National Housing Trust, Dwayne Berbick.

NHT Refund Applications Can be Submitted Until Year End

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National Housing Trust (NHT) Chairman, Lennox Channer (right), presents new Ruthven Towers homeowner, Kirk Frankson, with the keys to his apartment, during the official opening of the complex, situated at 1-3 Ruthven Road in Kingston on August 3. Ruthven Towers was developed by the NHT.
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NHT Working to Deliver 42,000 Housing Solutions

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is working assiduously to fulfil its commitment to deliver approximately 42,000 of the 70,000 housing solutions being targetted for development by the Government. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, who has portfolio responsibility for the NHT, says based on handovers he has done, “they would have already delivered over 1,000 houses; [that is] keys...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), presents new Ruthven Towers homeowner, Paula Brown, with the keys to her apartment, during Wednesday’s (August 3) official opening of the complex, situated at 1-3 Ruthven Road, St. Andrew. The complex was developed by the National Housing Trust (NHT).
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NHT Targets 7,138 Housing Solutions Under Developers Programme

The National Housing Trust (NHT) plans to construct 7,138 housing solutions under its developers programme. Under the government policy initiative, introduced in 2019, private developers are invited to participate in the development of properties held in the NHT’s land bank. The Trust has lands in St. James, Trelawny, St. Mary, St. Elizabeth, St. Ann, Manchester, Westmoreland, Kingston and St. Andrew....
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third right), officially opens phase one of the Ruthven Towers apartment complex in Kingston, which was developed by the National Housing Trust (NHT), on Wednesday (August 3). Also participating in the ribbon-cutting exercise (from left) are Mayor of Kingston, Senator Councillor Delroy Williams; NHT Chairman, Lennox Channer; Ruthven Towers homeowner, Kirk Frankson; NHT Senior General Manager, Donald Moore; and Member of Parliament for St. Andrew South Eastern, where Ruthven Towers is located, Julian Robinson.
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PM Hands Over Keys for NHT’s Ruthven Complex

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has completed phase one of the Ruthven Towers apartment complex in Kingston. The eight-storey development, situated on three acres of land at 1-3 Ruthven Road, comprises 86 units consisting of 72 one-bedroom and 14 two-bedroom apartments. Six of these have been reserved for public-sector employees. The complex will also comprise a storm-water drainage system, fire...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), presents 63-year-old Meakrose Robinson of Berlin District, St. Elizabeth with the keys to her new home, which was built under Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). The two-bedroom unit, constructed at a cost of approximately $5.8 million, was handed over on Friday, July 29.
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63- Year- Old Meakrose Robinson Gets New Home

Meakrose Robinson of Berlin District in Southeast St. Elizabeth was overcome with joy when she received the keys to her new home from Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness on Friday, July 29. The 63-year old farmer is the latest beneficiary under Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). The two-bedroom structure was constructed at a cost of approximately $5.8...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), presents Albert Logan (left), with the keys to his new one-bedroom home during a hand over ceremony at Trout Hall Pass in the Clarendon North Central constituency on Wednesday (July 20). Also participating (from right) are Member of Parliament (MP) for Clarendon North Central and Minister without Portfolio in the Office of the Prime Minister with Responsibility for Information, Hon. Robert Morgan; and Councillor for the Chapelton Division in Clarendon, Hershel Brown. The house was provided under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) which was developed to improve the housing condition of the country’s poor and disadvantaged population by providing quality, affordable and sustainable housing.
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Clarendon North Central Residents Get NSHP Houses

Eighty-seven-year-old Lillian Wynter was a picture of gratitude after being presented with the keys to her new $7-million home by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness during a hand over ceremony at Post Road, Woodhall, Clarendon on Wednesday (July 20). Ms. Wynter was one of two beneficiaries of houses in the Clarendon North Central constituency, provided under the Government’s...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, consoles Brenda Grant who was overcome with emotions after receiving the keys to her new three-bedroom house, constructed under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) in Wakefield Trelawny. Sharing in the moment is Member of Parliament for Trelawny Northern, Tova Hamilton. The unit, constructed at a cost of $6.5 million, was handed over to Ms. Grant during a ceremony held on Friday (June 18)
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Trelawny Northern Gets Its First NSHP Unit

Government says come August, approximately100 dwelling units will be delivered to indigent families across the island under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). According to Prime Minister, the Most Hon Andrew Holness, with improvements made to the processes of the programme, contractors are now delivering the houses in a shorter time frame, compared to four years ago when the initiative...
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