The Government has committed to reducing stamp duties and transfer taxes on land transactions. Transfer tax is a payment to the Commissioner of Stamp Duty at the rate of five per cent of the sale price or value for which the property is transferred. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Dr. Horace Chang,...

Minister without Portfolio with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, says some 5,900 potential serviced lots have been identified across the island and will be developed as housing solutions, under the National Housing Programme (NHP). Speaking in Balaclava, St. Elizabeth, on December 9, where Certificates of Possession were handed out to beneficiaries of the Balaclava Heights housing development, Dr....

Water, Land, Environment, and Climate Change Minister, Hon. Robert Pickersgill, has expressed satisfaction with the progress of work on the $1 billion artificial groundwater recharge system, being built at Innswood, St. Catherine, by the National Water Commission (NWC). The project, which commenced 15 months ago, is scheduled for completion by the end of November, and will supply nearly five million...

Minister with responsibility for Housing in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, is calling on the private sector to partner with the Government in the regeneration of housing stock and the redevelopment of downtown Kingston and other urban areas. He noted that much of the infrastructure in the urban centres have fallen into disrepair including...

The Government is to make 2,760 residential serviced lots available by March 2016, as part of its mandate to provide affordable quality housing for all Jamaicans. Minister without Portfolio in the Transport, Works and Housing Ministry, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, who made the announcement on November 4, said there is now real urgency to get many projects that have been...

Member of Parliament for North West St. Ann, Dr. Dayton Campbell, is suggesting that a way should be found to allow very low income earners to benefit from a loan from the National Housing Trust. “We have in the constituency a list of 300 persons who are waiting to obtain the Food for the Poor unit. We can’t respond to...

Minister Without Portfolio with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Morais Guy, is hailing as a success, the just concluded 24th session of the general assembly of Ministers and High Level Authorities on Housing and Urbanization in Latin America and the Caribbean (MINURVI), at the Secrets Resorts in Montego Bay, St. James. Speaking in an interview with JIS News, Minister Guy, who...