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Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Education, Youth and Information, Hon. Karl Samuda, addresses today’s (July 24) post-Cabinet press briefing at Jamaica House.

Cabinet Approves Contract for Twickenham Park Housing Development

Cabinet has awarded a $1.2-billion contract to Ashtrom Building Systems Limited for the construction of 110 two-bedroom single-storey duplex units under phase four of the Twickenham Park Housing Development project in St. Catherine. Speaking at today’s (July 24) post-Cabinet press...

Chief Executive Officer of the Real Estate Board/Commission of Strata Corporations, Sandra Garrick, speaks to JIS News in a recent interview.

Real Estate Board Clamping Down on Illegal Developers

Member of Parliament for West Central St. Catherine, Dr. the Hon. Christopher Tufton (right), presents Connors resident Julie White, with the keys to her new home. The dwelling, built by the community, was handed over on June 26.

St. Catherine Community Builds New Home for Mother of Five

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Daryl Vaz (left), in discussion with Chairman, Green Expo, Robert Stephens, during the opening ceremony for the exposition at the National Arena in St. Andrew, on June 6. Green Expo is an environmental exposition aimed at increasing the awareness, knowledge and implementation of environmentally sustainable practices by the Jamaican public. It will run from Friday, June 7 to Sunday, June 9, at the National Arena.

Revised Rainwater Harvesting Policy Guideline Has Provisions for Housing Developments

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), greets Commanding Officer for the Clarendon Police Division, Senior Superintendent Vendolyn Cameron-Powell, at the groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of 406 housing solutions in phase two of the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) Hummingbird Meadows development in Birds Hill, Clarendon, on Friday (May 31). Looking on is Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security, Hon. Rudyard Spencer.

Ground Broken for Hummingbird Meadows Phase 2 Housing Development

Corporate and Public Affairs Manager of the National Housing Trust, Dwayne Berbick.

7 years ago Housing

NHT Invites Applications For 2011 Contribution Refund

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is inviting contributors to apply for 2011 contribution refunds, which are now being processed. Manager for Corporate and Public Affairs at the NHT, Dwayne Berbick, explained to JIS News that contributions made over seven years are refunded with interest in the eighth year of payment. Thus, Jamaicans, locally and overseas, who have made payments since...

7 years ago Housing

NHT Explores Employer Assisted Housing Programme

The National Housing Trust (NHT) says it is currently exploring the implementation of an ‘Employer Assisted Housing Programme’, to support the Government’s thrust for 23,000 housing solutions by 2021. “This is where an entity may want to get in an arrangement with the NHT and provide housing for its staff,” Corporate and Public Affairs Manager at the NHT, Dwayne Berbick,...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), in discussion with Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) Managing Director, Gary Howell, during a tour of HAJ projects in St. James on May 22.

7 years ago Housing

Senator Charles Tours Housing Agency Projects in St. James

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation (MEGJC), Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says several housing and infrastructure developments now under way in St. James are aimed at improving the lives of residents and safeguarding their welfare. The projects are being spearheaded by the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) in the communities of Flower...

7 years ago Housing

OVER 10,000 Jamaicans Living Abroad Contribute to the NHT

Manager of Corporate and Public Affairs at the National Housing Trust (NHT), Dwayne Berbick, says over 10,000 Jamaicans living and working abroad, make voluntarily contributions to the NHT. “With the current migration pattern, more persons are going abroad for work, but they are in fact interested in coming back home to Jamaica, so a number of them are making their...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (second right) presents Meadowsvale resident, Dennis Turner (second left) with his ccertificate of title at the Housing Agency of Jamaica’s (HAJ) land-titling ceremony held at the Dawn Christadelphian Bible Centre in Retirement Phase 2, St. James, on May 8. Others (from left) are Chairman of the HAJ, Norman Brown; Attorney General and Member of Parliament for West Central St. James, Marlene Malahoo Forte; and Mayor of Montego Bay and Chairman of the St. James Municipal Corporation, Councilor Homer Davis.

7 years ago Housing

45 Residents from St. James Receive Land Titles

Forty-five residents from communities in West Central St. James were presented with their registered land titles, under the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ), National Land Titling Programme. The residents, who reside in Meadowsvale, Pitfour Phase three and Retirement Phases one and two, were presented with the titles during a handover ceremony held at the Dawn Christadelphian Bible Centre in Retirement...

Stakeholders in attendance at the Realtors Association of Jamaica (RAJ) Symposium, which was held on Friday (April 26) at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James.

7 years ago Housing

Amendments to Rent Restriction Act to Ensure Equity for Tenants and Landlords

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Senator the Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., says that Government is updating the Rent Restriction Act in order to create a viable rental industry and provide equity for tenants and landlords. He said that the Act must protect both parties, ensuring that renters can have access to adequate, safe...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), exchanges greetings with Managing Director, National Housing Trust (NHT), Martin Miller (left) before the groundbreaking ceremony for the new Silver Sun Estate housing development in Innswood, St. Catherine on Wednesday (April 24). Sharing the moment is NHT Board Director, David Wan.

7 years ago Housing

NHT Pleased with Response to Guaranteed Purchase Programme

The National Housing Trust (NHT) is expressing pleasure with the response of developers to its Guaranteed Purchase Programme (GPP). GPP is a new initiative through which the NHT agrees to purchase houses for its customers that are designed and constructed by private builders. NHT Managing Director, Martin Miller, said that “numerous developers” have expressed an interest in the GPP since...