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...

As of September 1, it will mandatory for all all commercial and residential housing developments in St. Elizabeth to have provisions for rain water harvesting, whether or not they are connected to a central water supply system. The policy currently requires persons undertaking developments to provide their own domestic water only where there is no connection to central water systems....

Minister without Portfolio (Housing) in the Ministry of Transport, Works, and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, has reaffirmed Latin American and Caribbean governments’ commitment to providing adequate housing solutions and supporting social services for citizens across the region. Addressing participants in the just concluded 24th General Assembly of Ministers and High Level Authorities on Housing and Urbanization in Latin America...

One of the country’s leading mortgage bankers has suggested that Jamaica could  use housing developments to effectively grow the economy, as the country is lagging behind in that area. “If you look at mortgages in Jamaica as a percentage of gross domestic product, compared to developed countries, I think that is a clear indicator that we are not using housing...