The Housing Agency of Jamaica Limited (HAJ) will be designing a pilot project with support from the National Land Agency (NLA) to do mass issuance of titles, of which 7,732 are in the organisation’s vault. Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change,  Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr., provided details during his contribution to the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate on Tuesday...

In the last financial year, the Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change assisted 183 families with more than $60 million, in an effort to alleviate housing vulnerability in Jamaica. The Ministry, through its Social Housing Programme, seeks, as best as possible, to assist persons through the provision of grants to repair existing structures and, in special cases,...

Construction of the Boundbrook Industrial Estate in Portland is expected to commence in the second quarter of the 2021/22 financial year. Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington,  made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 5. He said that the works...

Construction is to commence on several projects during the 2021/22 financial year, which will provide approximately 400 acres of additional special economic zone (SEZ) space at an estimated value of more than US$1.3 billion. Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2021/22 Sectoral debate...

The National Works Agency (NWA) is projecting to spend $4.7 billion this fiscal year (2021/22) to undertake recurrent activities, which is a marginal increase over last year’s budget of $4.5 billion. These activities include emergency repairs to roads, river-training activities, the cleaning of gullies, islandwide disaster mitigation, bridge development and construction, the maintenance of secondary roads as well as traffic...

The Government is moving to finalise the Policy for the Sustainable Management of Government-Owned Residential Properties. This was stated by Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, Hon. Everald Warmington, while making his contribution to the 2021/22 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on May 5. He said that finalisation of the policy is...

The proposed development of the New Negril Area over the next 20 years is expected to result in the creation of additional resort rooms, attracting more than 1.6 million tourists per year, with the potential to generate annual revenues of over US$218.8 million. It is also expected to create 31,552 direct jobs and a similar amount indirectly over the medium...