Prime Minister the Most Honourable Andrew Holness ON, PC, has praised the National Housing Trust (NHT) for playing a critical role in the creation of intergenerational wealth on the island. This he said during the NHT's handing over ceremony of Friendship Oaks in Goshen, St Elizabeth on Friday (May 17).

Young Jamaicans represented the majority of recipients of keys and letters of possession for land during the National Housing Trust's (NHT) combined handover ceremony for Hummingbird Meadows Phases 1&2 and Monymusk Country Estate Phase 2, Clarendon on Friday ( November 10).

The handing over of the keys and letters of possession, was led by Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness.

'No is not never. Just keep trying.'

Those were the sentiments expressed by Sherry-Ann Pryce, one of the newest homeowners at the NHT's Hummingbird Meadows (Phase 2) located in Clarendon.

The 33-year-old said it was her seventh time applying for one of the NHT's units, but she had hope and confidence that the seventh time would be her breakthrough because, after all, 'seven is God's perfect number.'

One hundred and forty-four (144) housing units are to be constructed in Tivoli Gardens, West Kingston, as part of the National Housing Trust's (NHT) Community Renewal Programme. Construction for the development, named Royal Estate, was marked by a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday (November 24).

Several scheme developments in parishes across the island can now look forward to a brighter and smoother Christmas due to upgrades made in their communities under the National Housing Trust's (NHT) Schemes Upgrade programme. The project was announced by Prime Minister Most Hon. Andrew Holness in 2017.

This year, a total of 16 communities saw modifications to include disaster mitigation works ' inclusive of river training, sewage, water, roadways and curbs and other infrastructure improvements.