PNP calls for return of NHT to mandate of affordable housing
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The National Housing Trust (NHT) Logo.
The People’s National Party’s National Executive Council is calling for the National Housing Trust (NHT), now celebrating its 50th Anniversary, to be restored to its core mandate of providing affordable houses to the people of Jamaica.
“Over the past 10 years, the institution has lost its way under the current Holness administration, building houses that are out of the reach of ordinary workers, and twice passing laws which have depleted its financial resources by extending the annual extraction of $11.4 billion for budgetary support,” the PNP said in a release.
“Such approaches are stymying the vision and mission of the NHT, as delineated by the Most Hon. Michael Manley.”
The PNP once again reaffirms its commitment to:
Repurposing the NHT to its core mandate
Ending the annual extraction of $11.4 billion for budgetary support
Providing greater housing opportunities for young people
Removing the land cost from the final housing price to provide more affordable houses to NHT contributors
Establishing a rent-to-own housing initiative and
Establishing more favourable terms for public sector workers contributing to the NHT.
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