More than 1,000 of the 1,500 free emergency housing nights Airbnb.org has provided in the Caribbean since 2020 were used in Jamaica, mostly after Hurricane Melissa.

688 schools were damaged by Hurricane Melissa, 311 severely. Nine months later, western Jamaica’s students are starting the new school year in temporary plyboard classrooms after tents failed to hold up.

A proposed reconstruction authority would coordinate billions of dollars in recovery work, accelerate major developments and override stalled approvals. Its powers could…

Jamaica’s post-Hurricane Melissa housing recovery is facing a major obstacle as unresolved land ownership issues continue to delay the delivery of modular…

Kingston, Jamaica, 17 July 2026 As communities across Jamaica continue to rebuild following Hurricane Melissa, a new documentary initiative is placing the…

The Labour Ministry is meeting St Elizabeth residents one by one to fix records that have held up ROOFS roof repair grants after Hurricane Melissa.

The Jamaica Social Investment Fund is undertaking a $27 billion, five- to six-year recovery programme aimed at rebuilding communities and schools in areas damaged by Hurricane Melissa.

Pastor Dr Donville Bell said churches that opened their buildings as shelters during Hurricane Melissa need state funding and formal inclusion in disaster plans, arguing ‘it takes cash to care’.

Fifty-six Hanover churches shared $8.49 million in hurricane grants in June 2026, part of a $75 million programme. A deputy mayor said congregations were shrinking and tithes and offerings had fallen.

Hurricane Melissa forced Jamaica’s first major building code rewrite since 1908. The legislation was rarely the weak point, enforcement was.