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Chief Executive Officer of the Commission of Strata Corporations (CSC), Sandra Garrick.

Strata corporations encouraged to ramp up COVID-19 prevention measures

The Commission of Strata Corporations (CSC) is urging strata properties to implement stronger safety measures at entry points as a means of protecting proprietors and visitors from contracting the coronavirus (COVID-19). “Since the resumption of inspections by the CSC, our...

Minister of Tourism, Hon. Edmund Bartlett (left); and Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz, tour a section of Grange Pen in St. James, recently.

Gov’t Committed To Regularising Informal Communities

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second left), joins in cutting the ribbon to officially hand over a three-bedroom house to Melissa Smith (centre), in Old Harbour Bay, St. Catherine, on Thursday (July 30). Others (from left) are Member of Parliament for South West St. Catherine, Hon. Everald Warmington; Councillor for the Old Harbour South Division, Lloyd Grant; and Chief Technical Director in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Doreen Prendergast.The unit was provided under the Government's social housing programme.

Gov’t To Launch Design Competition For Low-Income Housing Market

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, emphasises a point while speaking at a handing over ceremony of a one bedroom house to an elderly person in Bogue, St. Elizabeth, on July 17.

PM Says There Are Some Strong Indicators That Bode Well For The Future

The one bedroom house that was handed over to St. Elizabeth resident, Winston Wint, on July 17, under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP).

Prime Minister Says The Government Has Kept Promise On Home Ownership

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (right), and Member of Parliament for East Portland, Ann Marie Vaz (left), with the beneficiaries of an indigent house, Everald Gibson (second left) and his wife ,Hazel, at a handover ceremony held on July 10 in Long Road, Portland.

6 years ago HousingLocal Government

Gov’t To Deliver 100 Houses For The Indigent

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, says the Government will be delivering some 100 indigent housing solutions in 12 months for persons in need across the island. He informed that over the last year, 32 houses have been built and handed over to beneficiaries, with another 12 to be constructed by the end of the financial...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (front, centre), celebrates with new homeowners at the St. Catherine-based SilverSun Estates, on Wednesday (July 1).

6 years ago Housing

Construction Returning To Productive Capacity – PM

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the construction industry, which was among sectors “hard hit” by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, is returning to productive capacity and is imploring investors to begin to execute projects that they may have put on hold due to the virus. “The private sector – you have projects you may be considering shelving; now...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, points to the ‘before and after’ photographs of a housing solution constructed under the Housing Opportunity Production and Employment (HOPE) programme, at the handover ceremony in Annotto Bay, St. Mary, on Thursday (July 2).

6 years ago HOPE ProgrammeHousing

Government To Use Several Models To Deliver Housing Solutions Under HOPE

The Government intends to use several models to deliver new housing solutions, under the flagship intervention, Housing Opportunity Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, gave this update during the handover of the first multi-family housing solution to three sisters residing in the town of Annotto Bay, St. Mary, on Thursday (July 3), which was...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaks at the handover ceremony for a three two-bedroom housing solution to three sisters in Annotto Bay, St. Mary, on Thursday (July 2).

6 years ago HousingTransport

Alternative Road For Annotto Bay

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says an alternative road is in the making for Annotto Bay, St. Mary, geared at easing the flow of traffic in the seaside town. Mr. Holness made the announcement at the handover of a three two-bedroom multi-family housing solution to three sisters and their children in Annotto Bay, on Thursday (July 2). “One...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), speaks to one of the beneficiaries of a multifamily housing solution, Kadian Pitter (centre), on Thursday (July 2) inside the new unit in Annotto Bay, St. Mary. Sharing the moment is Member of Parliament for St. Mary South Eastern, Dr. Norman Dunn.

6 years ago HOPE ProgrammeHousing

Prime Minister Hands Over New Houses To Three Sisters In St. Mary

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (July 2) handed over a new multifamily house to three sisters living in Annotto Bay, St. Mary, under the social housing component of the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) programme. The seaside board and zinc tenement yard, which had housed three sisters and their children, was transformed into three attached two-bedroom...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), presents new homeowner, Andrew Brodber, with his keys at the official opening of the SilverSun Estates housing development in St. Catherine, today (July 1). Mr. Holness handed over keys to 50 new homeowners.

6 years ago HousingPrime Minister

Prime Minister Hands Over Keys To New Homeowners At SilverSun Estates

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, today (July 1), handed over 50 keys to new homeowners at SilverSun Estates in St. Catherine. Two hundred of the 1,200 houses in the development have been completed. Speaking at the handover ceremony, the Prime Minister said the goal of his Administration is to make homeownership a reality for working Jamaicans, and that...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (third right), breaks ground for the $9.5-billion Catherine Estates in Dunbeholden, St. Catherine, on Wednesday (June 17). Others (from left) ar Country Manager for China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), Dangran Bi; Member of Parliament for East Central St. Catherine, Hon. Alando Terrelonge; Chairman of the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ), Norman Brown; Member of Parliament for South Central St. Catherine, Dr. Andrew Wheatley; Member of Parliament for South St. Catherine, Fitz Jackson; and Mayor of Spanish Town, Councillor Norman Scott.

6 years ago Housing

PM Breaks Ground For $9.5-Billion Catherine Estates

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Wednesday (June 17) broke ground for the Catherine Estates housing development in Dunbeholden, St. Catherine, which will provide 1,650 affordable housing solutions at a cost of $9.5 billion. Being undertaken by the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) under a joint-venture partnership with China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC), the project will provide 850...