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Contributors to the National Housing Trust (NHT) are being assured that their funds are safe, and that the usual annual refunds will be readily available whenever persons choose to make claims. Chairman of the NHT, Easton Douglas, gave the assurance today (February 21), at a Jamaica House press briefing, where he noted that the NHT is now in the process...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, says the National Housing Trust (NHT) will continue to honour its commitments, even as it assists the Government by providing funds to help with the country’s debt management over the four-year period of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme. “The NHT will be able to honour all its commitments to its contributors...

Thousands of residents living in the sprawling housing development of Longville Park, Clarendon, are set to benefit from the construction of a 50-man police station in their community. Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, said the National Housing Trust (NHT), has provided $50 million for the construction of the station by December 2013.  The station will initially house...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, today (February 20) handed out the first set of keys to beneficiaries of the Longville Park Phase III Housing Scheme in Clarendon, where approximately 882 families will benefit from new housing solutions constructed at a cost of $4.8 billion. Among the beneficiaries were 168 low income earners, who received subsidised rates for...

Finance and Planning Minister, Dr. the Hon. Peter Phillips, has re-assured that the National Housing Trust’s (NHT) contribution of $11 billion per annum to the Government’s fiscal consolidation efforts for the next four years, will not impair the agency’s capacity to maintain its programme of housing and mortgage provisions. He gave this re-assurance while addressing journalists during a Jamaica House...

Construction work on a major housing development at Bernard Lodge in St. Catherine is scheduled to begin in April this year. Transport, Works and Housing Minister, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, informed journalists at a media briefing at the Ministry on Friday (February 15) that the Housing Agency of Jamaica Limited (HAJL) is currently in discussions with United States-based firm,...

Construction of some 88 houses, earmarked for development in Springfield, Clarendon under the European Union (EU)-funded Sugar Barracks Relocation Project, is set to start shortly. A contract for the development, valued at just over $160 million, was signed on Wednesday, February 6, during a ceremony at the project site. Approximately 209 sugar workers residing in that community and its environs,...

Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy says that Government will not tolerate informal occupancy of lands across the island. He said that the Government believes in orderly development. “There is a feeling that Government encourages people to sit on lands that are unoccupied and …will come at the end of the...

Twenty-one residents of Hague Settlement in Trelawny on Tuesday, February 5, moved into their new homes, which were constructed through joint venture between the Government and Food for the Poor. Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Omar Davies, who handed over the keys to the two-bedroom board units, said the provision of the houses is in keeping...

Sixty residents of Flankers and Norwood in St. James are now proud recipients of land titles from the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ). The residents, some of whom have been waiting for their land titles for over 30 years, received the instruments on Friday, January 25, at a ceremony held at the Flankers Multi-Purpose Centre. The handing over was part...

Some 486 residents of sugar barracks in Golden Grove and its environs in St. Thomas are to benefit from 225 housing solutions at Hampton Court and Stokes Hall, in the parish. The initiative, which is expected to cost $305.8 million, is being undertaken through the Government’s Sugar Estates Barracks Relocation Programme. Contracts for the construction project were signed during a...

The Government of Jamaica is looking at instituting a deposit financing scheme to provide short-term loans for homebuyers who are unable to come up with the down payment required to purchase a home. Making the disclosure at a recent Jamaica Information Service (JIS) Think Tank, Minister of Transport, Works and Housing, Dr. the Hon. Morais Guy, explained that the proposal...