Jamaica’s built environment is evolving. You can feel it everywhere—from the hillsides carved into terraces of new developments, to the flat coastal…

Jamaica’s leading construction professionals are urging the government to prioritise permanent hurricane-resilient homes over container units. The debate has significant implications for property values, insurability and housing tenure across the western parishes.

There are moments in the life of a country when the debate around housing becomes louder than the housing itself. Container homes…

Kingston, Jamaica, 28 November 2025 — The National Housing Trust has confirmed it will procure the first 2,500 of a planned 5,000…

On this island, where the mountains tumble into the sea and the breeze shifts unpredictably from the northeast to the southwest, we…

On this island, where the mountains tumble into the sea and the breeze shifts unpredictably from the northeast to the southwest,…

Opposition senators have raised three critical concerns about Jamaica’s post-Melissa housing plan: affordability gaps in the modular programme, land tenure barriers blocking the most vulnerable families from accessing relief, and the building oversight failures that made the destruction so catastrophic.

The National Housing Trust has been authorised to procure 5,000 modular container units as Jamaica’s emergency housing response to Hurricane Melissa. The policy marks a major shift for the institution and raises lasting questions about land, tenure and long-term value.

Kingston, Jamaica, 19 November 2025 — The Government has confirmed it will use prefabricated containerised modular housing solutions as its primary strategy…

The National Housing Trust will procure 5,000 pre-built container homes for rapid deployment after Hurricane Melissa, a fast response that raises hard questions about resilience and land use.