Government is to acquire several properties as it moves to regularise the land occupation of 330 residents of informal settlements across the island. The properties are to be acquired under...

The Government has been provided with US$125,000 by the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN Habitat) to implement the second phase of the Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme (PSUP). An initiative...

Two automatic weather stations, which will enhance the climate data collection capacity of the Meteorological Service of Jamaica are to be acquired this year, under a $27.5 million grant agreement....

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...

The Government, in the last fiscal year, provided 55 housing solutions at a cost of $31 million under its Infill Housing Programme, which seeks to upgrade existing housing schemes and...

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,...

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...

Over one million Jamaicans are expected to have improved water supply under a $1 billion Tank and Pump Rehabilitation Project. Under the programme, 52 wells have been identified for rehabilitation,...