The New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), initiated in 2018 by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is enabling poor and indigent persons to own their own home. Being implemented under the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment Programme (HOPE), with oversight by the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation, the initiative aims to improve the housing condition of the...

When Kimesha Francis stepped forward to say thanks publicly for a new house she received from the Government, today (June 29), under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), she was overcome with tears of joy. She had to be soothed by her mother, Sandra Walters, after walking up to give the Vote of Thanks at the handover ceremony held at...

Several new landowners in St. James are expressing gratitude to the Government for making their dream of homeownership a reality, through the presentation of titles under the National Land Titling Programme. During a ceremony held recently at the Social Development Commission (SDC) parish office at Albion Road, a total of 67 beneficiaries received certificates of title for property they have...

In the last four years, Vanesia Reid repeatedly walked to her community’s St. Andrew South Constituency Office to ask for assistance in getting a house, which she was in dire need of. Her persistence paid off, as on February 11, she received the keys to her new two-bedroom house, which was constructed under the National Social Housing Programme (NSHP), at...

Forty-two-year-old Sylvia Graham of Miles Town District in Hanover became one of the latest indigent residents to benefit from a home-improvement project, spearheaded by the Hanover Poor Relief Department. The domestic worker, a mother of five children, had her living conditions improved when the Municipality recently handed over a 12x12 plywood structure valued at approximately $200,000 to the family. Her...

Tears filled the eyes of 46-year-old Michelle Cookhorn as she witnessed the recent breaking of ground for the construction of her first home. Ms. Cookhorn, who is a single mother of five children, all in their 20s, is a beneficiary under the Ministry of Local Government and Community Development's Municipal Social Assistance Programme (MSAP). The two-bedroom house is being built...

New homeowners at the SilverSun Estate in St. Catherine have commended the Government for its steadfast move to expand housing solutions and for delivering houses in the development. More than 200 of the 1,200 houses were recently handed over to the beneficiaries by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, with another 250 units to be delivered by year end....

When Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, officially handed over ownership of a one bedroom house to 88 year-old amputee, Winston Wint, in Bogue District, St. Elizabeth, on July 17, neighbours could hardly contain their euphoria. “He deserves everything he is getting now…a long time him suffering,” said an elderly woman who gave her name as Vonnette Brown. “I...

The Government’s focus on providing affordable housing to Jamaicans will be among the main topics for discussion at the MoBay Expo 2020, which is slated for March 6 to 8 at the Montego Bay Convention Centre in St. James. The discussions will be held under the theme ‘Urgent Need for Affordable Housing in Western Jamaica’ and will be led by...