For National Housing Trust (NHT) contributors earning less than $30,000 weekly, the deposit requirement on open market loans will be reduced to two per cent, if the housing solution being acquired is priced at or below $14 million. The initiative will commence on July 1, 2025. Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, made the announcement while outlining a...

Effective July 1, 2025, the National Housing Trust (NHT) will raise the loan limit for individual borrowers to $9 million, up from $7.5 million. For two co-applicants, the combined maximum loan limit will be increased from $15 million to $17 million, and for three co-applicants, it will move to $23 million from $21 million. Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon....

The Housing Agency of Jamaica Limited (HAJ) will be significantly increasing housing production and improve the affordability of housing units, in the 2025/26 fiscal year. The agency will also focus on upgrading infrastructure in marginalised communities and increase the issuance of certificates of title. This is contained in the 2025/26 Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure, tabled in the...

Esther McKenzie of New Market, St. Elizabeth, is one of the latest beneficiaries of the government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Ms. McKenzie, who lost her home to fire, received the keys to a two-bedroom house from Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness during a handover ceremony held in the community on Friday (March 14). She was one...

Prime Minister, Dr. the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (March 7), broke ground for the multi-phase Mount Nelson Housing Development in Manchester.  The project is a collaboration between the National Housing Trust (NHT) and Henan Fifth Construction Group.   Located about 20 minutes from the bustling town of Mandeville, the development, when complete, will deliver 1,758 housing solutions.  “The development...

An additional wing is to be constructed at the St. Thomas Drop-In Centre that will facilitate the provision of another 16 beds to accommodate homeless persons in the parish. Minister of Local Government and Community Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie, who visited the facility on Wednesday (February 26), said the procurement process is almost completed and funds are already available for...

Having a disability, on top of losing one’s mother and having to take care of an elderly father are, arguably, challenges that can break a person’s spirit. But not Thressa Irving of Roehampton, St. James, who has had to deal with these issues, coupled with the quest to acquire her own home. That goal was achieved on January 31 when...