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Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Senator the Hon. Aubyn Hill (second right), participates in the ground-breaking exercise for the FirstRock Real Estate Investments (FREI) $2.5- billion luxury residential development, Bonne Chance, located at 8A Brompton Road, Kingston. The ground-breaking ceremony was held on Thursday (February 23). Also taking part in the exercise are (from left) Head of Real Estate Business, FirstRock Capital Resource (FCR) Limited, Denroy Pusey; Director and Co-Founder, FirstRock Real Estate Investment Limited, Dr. Michael Banbury; and Chairman and Co-Founder, FirstRock Capital Resource Limited, Ryan Reid.

Ground Broken For $2.5-Billion Housing Development in Kingston

By: ROCHELLE WILLIAMS, February 27, 2023

FirstRock Real Estate Investments (FREI) will soon be bringing its $2.5-billion luxury residential development, Bonne Chance, to market. Located at 8A Brompton Road on the outskirts of New Kingston, the...

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, speaking at a sensitisation session on the housing development project for St. Paul’s Lane, Tower Hill, St. Andrew, in the community on February 1. The units, which are programmed for completion by June 2023, will significantly improve the living conditions of several families. A total of 24 units will be constructed.

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Corporate Affairs Manager, Real Estate Board and Commission of Strata Corporations, Gail Dandy-Newell.

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), cuts the ribbon during a ceremony to handover a $7 million three-bedroom house to resident of Hopeful Village in St. Andrew, Thia Jones, recently. The unit was constructed under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Others (from left) are Opposition Leader and Member of Parliament, St. Andrew South, Mark Golding, and Chairperson, NSHP Oversight Committee, Judith Robb Walters. The NSHP comprises three components – the provision of indigent housing, which will see 315 housing units (five for each of the 63 constituencies) constructed per annum; relocation of vulnerable communities, which will give priority to persons in imminent danger; and the upgrading of tenement yards (one per constituency).

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right), cuts the ribbon during a ceremony to handover a $7 million three-bedroom house to resident of Hopeful Village in St. Andrew,...

Minister of Local Government and Rural Development, Hon. Desmond McKenzie (second right), hands over the key to a new one-bedroom unit to 83-year-old George Simms, in Heywood Hall, St. Mary, recently. Mr. Simms is a recipient of the house under the Ministry’s Indigent Housing programme. Observing (from left) are Mayor of Port Maria, Councillor Richard Creary; Councillor, Hampstead Division, Mitsy Hudson-Hicks and Member of Parliament, St. Mary Central, Dr. Morais Guy.

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59 Units Completed Under Indigent Housing Programme

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By: ROCHELLE WILLIAMS, January 27, 2023

The Government will be moving to improve social conditions in communities such as Kingston Central utilising the Housing Act, says Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.
Speaking at the handover of a three-bedroom social housing unit, on Tower Street, in Kingston Central, on January 25, the Prime Minister said the area is one of the oldest residential communities in the island, with many of the houses built over 70 years ago.
He added that the houses are deteriorating, and a transformation programme is being worked on for such communities.
Mr. Holness said it is challenging to embark on the upgrading programme, because of ownership issues, where people have abandoned lands in the areas, owners cannot be located, and in some cases, persons have taken them over and “are using them for criminal activities”.
“We will intervene. We are working on a programme that will use power under the Housing Act to get these lands that are now abandoned and unutilised,” he said, noting that the conditions in such communities cause people not to feel good about their surroundings, so the Government will be improving the infrastructure.
Meanwhile, the Prime Minister reported that since the recent imposition of a State of Emergency (SOE) in Central Kingston, the murder rate and other violent crime rates have dropped, and residents are pleased for the “reprieve that they are able to enjoy”.
Mr. Holness said he is satisfied that the State can assist in the provision of improved dwellings under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) for “those living under terrible conditions”.
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For his part, Member of Parliament for Kingston Central, Donovan Williams, said he is giving priority to the improvement of the housing stock in the constituency, and described the NSHP as a “wonderful programme”.
In the meantime, beneficiary of the housing unit, Keisha Hind, whose previous dwelling was destroyed by fire in 2012, said the $7 million unit is “a life changing gesture”.
“I want you to know that what you have given us is not just a structure but pride of joy and a sense of belonging,” she added.
The NSHP, established by the Prime Minister in 2018, operates under the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment Programme (HOPE), through the Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation. The initiative aims to improve the housing conditions of Jamaica's most needy citizens.
It consists of three modalities – provision of indigent housing, which will see 315 housing units (five per constituency) constructed per annum; relocation of vulnerable communities, which will give priority to persons in imminent danger; and the upgrading of tenement yards (one per constituency).

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right) hands over the keys to a newly built three-bedroom house to beneficiary, Judith Noble (second left), during a ribbon cutting ceremony held in Callaloo Mews on January 25. The unit was built under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) at a cost of approximately $5.4 million. Others looking on (from left) are Chairperson, Oversight Committee, NSHP, Judith Robb Walters and Member of Parliament, St. Andrew Western, Anthony Hylton.

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Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right) hands over the keys to a newly built three-bedroom house to beneficiary, Judith Noble (second left), during a ribbon cutting ceremony...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness (second right) cuts the ribbon to officially hand over a new three-bedroom house in Rosemary Castle, St. Catherine to Moveta Clarke (second left) on Wednesday (Jan. 25). The house was constructed at a cost of $6.5 million under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP).
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