NSHP is a Model of Adherence to Proper Building Codes – PM
By: , May 27, 2024
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), cuts the ribbon to handover a home under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP), to Gerald McKenzie (second right) in Race Course, Clarendon on Friday (May 24). Others sharing in the occasion from left are: Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Western, Lothan Cousins, and Mr. McKenzie’s spouse, Verna Redhi.
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), cuts the ribbon to handover a dwelling under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) to beneficiary Clyde Coleman (left) in Rocky Point, Clarendon on Friday (May 24). Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. (right), and Mr. Coleman’s family members share in the occasion.
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (left), cuts the ribbon to a new house for Sonia Mitchell (centre) in Hayes, Clarendon on Friday (May 24), which was built under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Sharing in the occasion are: Chairperson of the Oversight Committee, NSHP, Judith Robb Walters (left), and Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr.
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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (right), congratulates Sharon Little (centre), as she celebrates the handover of her new home provided under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) in Palmers Cross, Clarendon on Friday (May 24). Sharing in the occasion are Chairperson of the Oversight Committee, NSHP, Judith Robb Walters (left), and Member of Parliament for Clarendon South Eastern, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr (second right).The Full Story
Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, is encouraging persons building housing units to look to the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) as the standard to follow.
He said that dwellings constructed under the programme stand as models of adherence to proper building codes and regulations.
He noted that the structures, though simple, are “well built,” and can “withstand almost any natural disaster that would come.”
Speaking on Friday (May 24), at the handover of a house in Rocky Point, Clarendon, the Prime Minister said, “we took into consideration that this area is flood-prone and so in the engineering, provisions were made to lift the building.
“This is a very important part of what the social housing programme does; we go into communities and where buildings may be substandard, or not in keeping with the building code, we use these buildings as demonstrations to persons who want to build,” he said.
In total, five houses were handed over to beneficiaries in Clarendon on Friday by the Prime Minister – three in Clarendon South Eastern and two in Clarendon South Western.
Mr. Holness said the NSHP is part of the Government’s social safety net and will have an impact for generations to come.
Conceptualised by Prime Minister Holness and implemented in 2018, the NSHP is geared at providing safe housing for vulnerable families, giving priority to persons in imminent danger.
The NSHP operates under the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment Programme (HOPE) under the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation.