The National Housing Trust (NHT) is to spend $39.4 billion on housing activities for the 2019/20 fiscal year. This was disclosed by Minister of Finance and the Public Service, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, as he opened the 2019/20 Budget Debate in the House of Representatives on Thursday (March 7). During the new fiscal year, the NHT plans to undertake...

More contributors of the National Housing Trust (NHT) are to benefit from measures by the Government to increase access to homeownership. This was disclosed by Governor-General, His Excellency, the Most Hon. Sir Patrick Allen, while delivering the Throne Speech to open the new session of Parliament in Gordon House on Thursday (February 14) under the theme ‘In Partnership towards the...

The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) is urging residents of Norwood in St. James, to partner with the agency to get formal documentation for the property they occupy. Managing Director of the HAJ, Gary Howell, says the agency is in possession of 1,200 to be issued, but due to outstanding payment on some properties, as well as the inability of...

The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) will be ramping up its land-titling effort come 2019. “The drive now is to get more titles in the hands of Jamaicans,” Senior Public Relations and Marketing Manager, Richard Jones, told JIS News. “The Government is making a big push to have more Jamaican land title owners, so we spend a lot of time...

Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, is reporting that six homes have been completed under the Indigent Housing Project. He also informed that construction is to begin on four more houses in early January 2019, with each home being constructed at a cost of $1.8 million. Minister McKenzie was speaking to the media recently, following a...

The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) says more young professionals are showing interest in accessing housing solutions on the periphery of Kingston and St. Andrew. “We realise that young persons are definitely interested in lower housing costs, while still desiring to be in and around the Corporate Area because most young professional jobs are in the Corporate Area,” Assistant Environmental...

Senior Public Relations and Marketing Manager at the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ), Richard Jones, says the agency will begin construction of the Bernard Lodge housing development in St Catherine, in 2019. In an interview with JIS News, Mr. Jones said the development will include 1,600 studio and single bedrooms, detached and semi-detached units. Assistant Environmental Planner at the HAJ,...