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Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (fourth left), and stakeholders of the Delveland community in Westmoreland, look at a one-bed board house, which is to be replaced by a two-bedroom unit for a poor family of six. The visit took place on July 15.
Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (fourth left), and stakeholders of the Delveland community in Westmoreland, look at a one-bed board house, which is to be replaced by a two-bedroom unit for a poor family of six. The visit took place on July 15.

Poor Family In Westmoreland To Get Housing Unit

The Ministry of Local Government and Rural Development and the Westmoreland Municipal Corporation are to collaborate on an indigent housing project for a family from the Delveland area in the parish.  During a tour in Westmoreland on July 15, Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon....
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), displays keys for the new three-bedroom house handed over to Dawnette Henry (left), at a social housing ceremony, held on July 16, in Farm Pen, St. Mary. Sharing the moment (from second left) are: Councillor for the Carron Hall Division, Doreen Hutchinson; Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary, Hon. Robert Montague, and Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary.
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), displays keys for the new three-bedroom house handed over to Dawnette Henry (left), at a social housing ceremony, held on July 16, in Farm Pen, St. Mary. Sharing the moment (from second left) are: Councillor for the Carron Hall Division, Doreen Hutchinson; Member of Parliament for Western St. Mary, Hon. Robert Montague, and Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary.

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a social housing function in Farm Pen, St. Mary, on Friday (July 16).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, addresses a social housing function in Farm Pen, St. Mary, on Friday (July 16).

PM Says Government is Committed to Housing Vision
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, hands over the keys to a new three-bedroom house built under the Government
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, hands over the keys to a new three-bedroom house built under the Government's new Social Housing Programme to resident Marva Mason (right), during a ceremony in Quarry, St. James, on Wednesday (July 14). Looking on is Deputy Prime Minister & Minister of National Security, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang. Yhomo Hutchinson Photos

PM Holness Hands Over Another Unit Under The Social Housing Programme
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks during the official unveiling ceremony for the multimillion-dollar Bustamante Hospital for Children Redevelopment Plan, on Wednesday (July 7).
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks during the official unveiling ceremony for the multimillion-dollar Bustamante Hospital for Children Redevelopment Plan, on Wednesday (July 7).

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right) cuts the ribbon to officially hand over a new three-bedroom dwelling to Byron Reid (2nd right) and his common-law wife Zelda Jacobs (3rd right) , in Albert Town, Trelawny on Friday (July 2). Sharing in the moment (from left) are Member of Parliament for Southern Trelawny, Marisa Dalrymple-Philibert; Custos of Trelawny, Hugh Gentles; and Mayor of Falmouth, Councillor Colin Gager (partially hidden).
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Prime Minister Hands Over Housing Units To South Trelawny Families

Three families residing in communities in Southern Trelawny are grateful and happy today as they have been provided with stable, safe, and decent shelter under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, officially handed over the three-bedroom units in Albert Town, Ulster Spring and Battersea District on Friday July (2). The NSHP, implemented...
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Minister of Housing, Urban, Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles (centre), in conversation with Managing Director of the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ), Gary Howell (right), during the opening of model houses in the Catherine Estates Housing Development in St. Catherine, on Friday (June 25). Accompanying them is Councillor for the Horizon Park Division in the parish, Jennifer Hull.
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Work on Draft National Housing Policy Being Advanced in 2021/22

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says work will continue on the draft National Housing Policy during 2021/22 fiscal to advance it to a White Paper. He said the draft, which was approved as a Green Paper in 2019, recognises that housing development must be carried out in an integrated manner in order...
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Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (left), and Member of Parliament for St. Ann North Western, Krystal Lee (right), tour Mt. Edgecombe, in St. Ann, on Friday, June 18.
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Housing Minister Calls on Stakeholders in St. Ann to Help Prevent Squatting

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., is calling for greater collaboration among housing stakeholders in St. Ann, to halt the spread of squatting and informal settlements. Following a tour of several communities in St. Ann North Western on June 18, the Minister said there is an emerging “movement” surrounding informal settlements, in that...
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Government to Create Housing Revolution

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew  Holness, says the Government is going to create a housing revolution to deliver units to families across the island at reasonable costs. Speaking at the handing over of a social housing unit in Pedro, St. Catherine, on June 18, Mr. Holness said the Government is devising a project where developers are provided with lands,...
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Minister of Tourism and Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives, Hon. Edmund Bartlett, closing the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the Lower House, on Tuesday (June 15). Also pictured in the background (from left) are Minister of Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Fayval Williams; and Minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, Hon. Olivia Grange.
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Government On Track To Deliver Thousands Of Housing Solutions

 The Government is still on track to provide 70,000 affordable housing solutions for Jamaicans within the next five years.   This assurance comes from Minister of Tourism and Leader of Government Business in the House of Representatives, Hon. Edmund Bartlett.   The Minister, who was closing the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the Lower House on Tuesday (June 15), said the Government is also...
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), speaks with President and Chief Executive Officer of First Rock Capital Holdings, Ryan Reid (left) and Chairman of the company, Dr. Michael Banbury, at the groundbreaking ceremony for Hambani Estates in St. Andrew on Saturday (June 5).
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PM Calls On Private Developers To Target Affordable And Low-Income Housing Market

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is calling on private developers to provide more solutions for the affordable and low-income segment of the housing market. “We want to invite the private sector to pay more attention to this element of the housing market that is either low-income, affordable income, or young professionals. They are going to need housing solutions...
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