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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

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, says the Government has made good on the promise to reform the housing agencies, with many Jamaicans now having an easier path to home ownership. Mr. Holness, who was giving the main address...

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.

Gov’t To Deliver 100 Houses For The Indigent

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

Construction Returning To Productive Capacity – PM

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).

Government To Use Several Models To Deliver Housing Solutions Under HOPE

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).

Alternative Road For Annotto Bay

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.

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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...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (centre), speaks with son of the late Susan Bogle, Omari Stephens (left), during his visit to August Town on Wednesday (June 3). At right is Minister of Science and Technology, and Member of Parliament for the area, Hon. Fayval Williams.

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Susan Bogle’s House To Be Repaired

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has committed to ensuring that significant repairs are done to the dilapidated house in which the family of the late Susan Bogle resides. It is alleged that Ms. Bogle, 44 years of age, was killed at her home during a joint police-military operation in the community of August Town in St. Andrew, on...

6 years ago Budget 2020/2021Housing

HAJ Looking To Deliver 1,585 Housing Solutions For 2020/21

The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) is looking to complete a number of projects to facilitate the delivery of some 1,585 housing solutions during the new financial year. As stated in the 2020/21 Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, these are approximately 1,465 more than the 120 solutions for 2019/20, and include serviced lots, housing starts and/or completed houses....

6 years ago CoronavirusHousing

NHT Adjusts Opening Hours

The National Housing Trust (NHT) wishes to advise that it has adjusted its opening hours effective April 1, 2020, until further notice. In addition, the NHT will offer some services online or by telephone only. Starting Wednesday, April 1, 2020: • Our offices will be open to the public from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm, Mondays to Thursdays and close...

Chief Executive Officer of the Real Estate Board (REB), Sandra Garrick, speaking during a recent JIS interview at the entity

6 years ago Housing

Check Licences Of Real Estate Professionals

The Real Estate Board (REB) is advising members of the public to ensure that real estate dealers, developers and salesmen with whom they intend to do business are licensed by the entity. “I just want to remind persons to do their due diligence and check online at www.reb.gov.jm and www.csc.gov.jm when they are dealing with real estate professionals,” Chief Executive...