The National Housing Trust, NHT, wishes to advise that it has temporarily suspended its ‘NHT Mobile’ operations immediately. In addition, aspects of its marketing activities have been placed on hold until further notice. The NHT operates its mobile office from Linstead, Papine and Portmore on Tuesdays, Wednesday and Saturdays, respectively. These services will resume once it has been deemed safe...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has, to date, completed renovation of two of the police stations earmarked for refurbishing by the agency. These are situated in Shady Grove, St. Catherine and Orange Bay, Portland, Senior General Manager for Construction and Development, Donald Moore, has informed. Additionally, he told JIS News that refurbishing works are now under way at the Buff...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, handed over two houses to persons in Trelawny on January 29, under the Government’s Indigent Housing Programme. Beverly Barnett of Penn Road in Stettin, and Vernice and Lloyd Dell of Martha Brae were presented with the keys to their houses, at separate ceremonies in each community. Units have been constructed...

With the Fairview and Freeport areas of St. James heavily commercialised, developers have been turning their attention to Ironshore, near upscale Rose Hall, where a $600-million housing project is currently under way. Headed by the husband and wife team of 33-year-old Matthew Donaldson and 30-year-old Danielle, the project has been praised by Montego Bay leaders, including Mayor Homer Davis, who...

The Real Estate Board (REB) has introduced a new course as part of its Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme. Chief Executive Officer of the REB, Sandra Garrick, told JIS News that the objective of the course, titled, ‘Common Issues Identified in the Real Estate Industry’, is to address matters arising frequently among the real estate practitioners regulated by the agency – dealers, salesmen...

The Bureau of Standards Jamaica (BSJ) will shortly commence the development of affordable houses utilising bamboo, from a $54-million donation by the National Housing Trust (NHT). According to Director of Special Projects at the BSJ, Gladstone Rose, the project will get under way in February, with demonstration units being placed at various NHT sites, for the construction sector to have...

Residents of New Yarmouth, Vernamfield and surrounding communities in Clarendon were given an update on the Government’s planned development for the area, at a community meeting on Wednesday, January 15. The meeting was held in Gimme-me-Bit, and was addressed by Shernette Sampson, a representative of the New Yarmouth Housing Development Project. She told the residents that the National Works Agency...