Land problems are holding back approvals under the New Social Housing Programme, while occupants of Housing Agency of Jamaica schemes owe about J$2.3 billion, leaving some titles undelivered, a parliamentary committee has heard.

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government will build a programme to formalise irregular settlements and prevent new squatting, following the Cooper’s Pen demolitions.

Tenants at the NHC’s Grotto complex in St Michael, Barbados, say sewage overflows and unrepaired leaks persist despite a ministerial promise of urgent action in April.

Keys to 248 studio units at The Howard Apartments, delivered through the NHT’s Guaranteed Purchase Programme, were handed over in St Andrew with Prime Minister Holness in attendance.

Guyana is planning thousands of social homes to address a backlog of up to 78,000 housing applications, with significant implications for the Caribbean’s construction and mortgage markets.

The New Social Housing Programme will build concrete bases for imported modular homes in parishes hardest hit by Hurricane Melissa, the Prime Minister said at a house handover in Caenwood, Portland.

HAMILTON, Bermuda — Government plans for nine factory-built homes on Boaz Island in Sandys met resistance from residents at a town hall…

Prime Minister Andrew Holness says the Government will look at how the New Social Housing Programme can provide land to eligible beneficiaries who do not own property, as work begins on a seven-unit development in St Andrew.

The Prime Minister says the New Social Housing Programme will aim to deliver 6,000 homes, with a sizeable allocation in the coming budget and an expansion to tourism workers.