The House of Representatives, on Tuesday, November 11, passed amendments to the Mortgage Insurance Act, aimed at making mortgages more accessible for persons seeking to acquire a home. The Bill...

The National Housing Trust (NHT) has committed $173 million towards the completion of a spatial plan and development order for Jamaica. Chairman, Easton Douglas, made the announcement on Friday (November...

Representatives from 12-member countries of the Caribbean Association of Housing Finance Institutions (CASHFI) are expected in the island to participate in the 2014 staging of the association’s regional conference from...

The Jamaica Mortgage Bank (JMB) is the lead financier for the first phase of a major housing project on the Mona campus of the University of the West Indies, which...

The National Water Commission (NWC) will be implementing water restrictions as it moves to address an island-wide shortage in supply of the commodity due to unseasonably low rainfall since May....

Director of Social Security in the Ministry of Labour and Social Security, Denzil Thorpe, says the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) plays an essential role in reducing...

Urban Development Corporation (UDC) General Manager, Desmond Malcolm, says the agency is continuing its acquisition and refurbishing of historic and derelict buildings in downtown Kingston, to provide more office space...

Education Minister, Hon. Rev. Ronald Thwaites, wants a policy instituted that will make the provision of schools, and health and security facilities, requirements for all housing developments undertaken. To this...