More Jamaicans became homeowners as the Government continued meeting the growing demand for home solutions.
• A record of over 27,000 new housing starts between the National Housing Trust (NHT) and the Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ)
• The Prime Minister announced an increase in the loan limit for construction on NHT serviced lots.
• The NHT delivered 5,321 housing starts, serviced lots and housing solutions islandwide. These included the Spanish Ridge housing scheme in St. Catherine; Darliston Grove and Shrewsbury in Westmoreland, as well as the Winchester housing development in Green Island, Hanover.
• The NHT embarked on housing projects in partnership with private contractors. A total of nine projects were approved under the agency’s Guaranteed Purchase Programme, an initiative through which the NHT agrees to purchase houses for its customers that are designed and constructed by private builders.
HAJ Delivers
• HAJ issued 434 titles to informal residents who have been regularised.
• The HAJ delivered 114 lots and 25 units; and broke ground in Grange Pen, St. James, to provide infrastructure to serve informal settlements comprising 535 households.
• Work began on 2,273 new HAJ housing solutions in two locations in St. Catherine – Shooter’s Hill and Catherine Estates.