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One year after Hurricane Melissa, about half of 118,000 assessed households are still waiting for repair grants, and 2,500 modular homes bought for families who lost everything have barely begun to reach them. What was promised, what was delivered, and why the gap is so hard to close.
Two modest family wings share a single roof but leave the middle open to the breeze, reviving a practical tropical idea for inland Jamaica.
KINGSTON, Jamaica — A growing segment of Jamaica’s property market…
A narrow four-level Kingston home trades an oversized footprint for shaded rooms, a screened stair and the possibility of family life on a small urban plot.
As electricity costs continue to strain household budgets, unusually high JPS bills are raising questions…
From billion-dollar apartments overlooking Kingston Harbour to families being moved from vulnerable communities, a succession of housing announcements is exposing a deeper question about Jamaica’s future: Is the country simply building more properties, or creating places where ordinary Jamaicans can afford to belong?
Nearly 360 years of land, ambition, loss, rescue and reinvention: the full story of Devon House, from the 1667 church glebe and George Stiebel’s Venezuelan gold to the 1965 rescue and the debates shaping it in 2026.
A narrow steel-truss house bridges a steep Jamaican hillside with two grounded supports, limited excavation and a serious approach to storm resilience.
Jamaica’s climate change unit ran for about two years with three officers, MPs heard, and only one of five priority projects allocated J$13.4 billion has been completed.
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