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Chief Executive Officer of the Real Estate Board (REB), Sandra Garrick. (File Photo)

Real Estate Board Clamps Down On Dealers Non-Compliant With Anti-Money Laundering Survey

The Real Estate Board (REB) is clamping down on dealers who fail to complete the risk assessment survey, which is part of the entity’s anti-money laundering efforts. Chief Executive Officer of the REB, Sandra Garrick, told JIS News that 13...

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (centre), makes a point while on a tour of 21 Juno Crescent May Pen, Clarendon, on September 16. Listening (from left) are: Member of Parliament for Central Clarendon, where the community is located Mike Henry; the Ministry’s Chief Technical Director, Doreen Prendergast, and Technical Officer, Shane Myers; Councillor for the May Pen East Division, Kenneth Davis; Councillor for the Denbigh Division, Joel Williams; and Acting Senior Director in the Ministry, Clinton Clemmings.

Residents Of 21 Juno Crescent in Clarendon to Get Certificates of Title

Chief Executive Officer of the Real Estate Board, Sandra Garrick.

September 30 Deadline For Real Estate Dealers Licence Fees

Chief Technical Director for Policy, Planning and Evaluation in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Yaneke Watson. (Photo: Contributed)

Application For Low-Cost Housing Design Competition Ends August 31

Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), and Real Estate Board (REB) Chairman, Andrew James, in discussion at a recently held press conference at the Real Estate Training Institute, to provide an update on the REB’s merger with the Commission of Strata Corporations.

Real Estate Board Lauded For Service

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.

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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. Desmond McKenzie, visited the family of six, who are currently living in a small one-bedroom board dwelling. He described their situation as “appalling” and noted that the Government intends...

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.

5 years ago Housing

Systems and Processes of CDF Improved

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government has spent much time improving the systems and the processes of the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). Speaking at the handing over of a social housing unit in Farm Pen, St. Mary, on July 16, Mr. Holness said he is cautioning against very quick responses from the Fund, as requests must...

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

5 years ago Housing

PM Says Government is Committed to Housing Vision

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has emphasised that making affordable houses available to all sectors of society is a vision to which the Government is committed. “Our commitment of 70,000 housing solutions is underway. We have put together the Bernard Lodge project, 15,000 houses, and we are seeing other private sector initiatives coming up,” Mr. Holness said, at...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, hands over the keys to a new three-bedroom house built under the Government

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PM Holness Hands Over Another Unit Under The Social Housing Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Wednesday (July 14) visited the community of Quarry in St. James to hand over the keys to a new home under the Government's new Social Housing Programme. Mr. Holness presented the keys to indigent resident, Marva Mason, who along with her four children have had their living conditions improved through a new three-bedroom...

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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Review Of NHT Completed – Report To Be Debated In Parliament

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government has concluded a review of the National Housing Trust (NHT) aimed at determining reforms deemed “necessary” for implementation at the agency regarding its mandate. Speaking at Wednesday’s (July 7) official unveiling of a multimillion-dollar redevelopment plan for the Bustamante Hospital for Children in Kingston, Mr. Holness indicated that a report...

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...