The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing has been carrying out a number of infrastructure projects to upgrade and regularise settlements, in order to alleviate the problem of illegal land tenure. “Over the last financial year, we completed 32 housing solutions at Albany (Esher) in St. Mary and at 21 August Town Road in St. Andrew. Incremental upgrading works with...

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing will be working with the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) to achieve its target of distributing approximately 3,500 registered titles to landowners, during this financial year. Of that number, a total of 3,038 persons currently residing in Operation PRIDE schemes across the island are expected to receive titles, under the HAJ’s land titling...

The Government is seeking to make the roadways safer for the traveling public, through changes to the Road Traffic Act, which will establish a number of new penalties and rules, aimed at reducing road crashes and fatalities. Making his contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on June 4, following the tabling of the Bill, Minister...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) will be disbursing over $22.4 billion on construction and mortgage financing activities for the financial year 2014/15. This was disclosed by Minister with responsibility for Housing, Hon. Dr. Morais Guy, during his contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, June 4. He also informed that the NHT plans to...

The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) is currently repositioning itself to play an even greater role in facilitating home ownership for Jamaicans. “With a vision of contributing to an improved standard of living through social transformation and the provision of affordable shelter solutions with security of tenure, Jamaicans can expect much from the agency during the year,” Minister with responsibility...

Minister of State in the Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, Hon. Richard Azan says the South Coast Highway Improvement study is at an advanced stage and is to be completed this fiscal year. He made the disclosure during his contribution to the 2014/15 Sectoral Debate in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, May 28. The study includes the road...

The Ministry of Transport, Works and Housing, will be introducing a Street Cutting Permit Application this fiscal year, in a bid to improve stakeholder collaboration, while ensuring that projects do not interfere with each other. The application will provide comprehensive, web-enabled permitting functionality and is seamlessly integrated with the city’s Geographic Information System (GIS). This was disclosed by Minister of...