NHT Is Starting 10,675 New Homes This Year. Here’s Where They’re Going

• 10,675 housing solutions to begin in 2026/27
• $50.3 billion in planned capital spending
• Joint ventures account for 1,624 of the units
• 5,673 solutions to reach market this year

The National Housing Trust will begin construction on 10,675 new housing solutions in the 2026-2027 financial year, with 5,673 of them, a mix of residential lots and finished houses, actually reaching the market during the period, according to the Jamaica Public Bodies Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure tabled in the House of Representatives. Planned capital expenditure for the programme totals $50.3 billion.

The breakdown shows how differently NHT actually builds versus how it is often discussed. Direct NHT projects account for 2,851 of the planned solutions, the single largest category, but the Joint Venture Programme, where NHT partners with private developers rather than building alone, contributes 1,624 units, a substantial share of total output. The Guaranteed Purchase Programme, which commits NHT to buying finished units from developers to reduce their financing risk, adds 345 more, Community Renewal contributes 260, and individual loans account for 550 solutions built on land contributors already own.

That joint-venture and guaranteed-purchase reliance reflects a deliberate shift toward de-risking private construction rather than NHT acting as the sole builder, a model already visible in projects like the 120-unit Chantilly Gardens development near Savanna-la-Mar, a Guaranteed Purchase Programme partnership with Green Solutions Limited that delivered reinforced-concrete, 750-square-foot homes with full infrastructure, paved roads, stormwater drainage and a central sewage treatment plant included.

NHT will also process 5,424 mortgage loans during the year and spend $189.95 million improving existing schemes, with work planned for Hellshire Phase 2 in St Catherine, Industry Pen in St Mary, Longville Phase 3 in Clarendon, and communal facilities at Ruthven. The Build 9 programme, which lets contributors pool resources to acquire and subdivide land collectively, has seen limited uptake nearly two decades after its launch, prompting a policy review even as the Trust’s broader construction pipeline for the year continues to expand.

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