Prime Minister Andrew Holness has called on developers to build homes that can withstand Category 5 hurricanes, as the $9 billion Rozelle Estate scheme breaks ground in St Thomas with over 800 units backed by the NHT.

At the groundbreaking for a $9.6 billion, 800-home development in St Thomas, the NHT and Government made resilience the rule: every house must withstand a category five hurricane.

The NHT’s output is the strongest in its history, yet Jamaica still falls short by some 15,000 homes a year. An honest look at what the Trust is, and what it is being asked to become.

The Housing Agency of Jamaica plans 2,134 new housing starts and 674 solutions for market in 2026/27, spanning St. James, St. Catherine, Trelawny, and St. Andrew — alongside 250 land title handovers.

There is a moment, in every crisis, when certainty disappears. The forecasts are grim. The headlines are loud. The experts speak in…

Kingston, Jamaica — 8 January 2026 Jamaica’s housing market is entering a critical rebuilding phase following Hurricane Melissa, with government-led recovery efforts…

Jamaica is rebuilding. Not in theory. Not in headlines. Not in forecasts imported from somewhere else.But in real time — board by…

In the silence that follows a storm, a country begins to ask itself the hardest questions: What does it mean to rebuild?…

In recent years, owning a home in Jamaica has often felt like a privilege reserved for the few. High construction costs, limited…

The NHT says it has invested a record $343 billion in housing over nine years as it pushes past 40,000 starts. The harder question is whether it is enough to close Jamaica’s deficit.