Prime Minister Andrew Holness says his administration intends to scale-up the New Social Housing Programme, NSHP, in the new financial year.
He was speaking Thursday at a ceremony to hand over housing units in South West St. Ann.
Nora Gaye Banton reports.
The NSHP was established to assist in providing homes for the most vulnerable Jamaicans.
It targets households with very low or no income.
Through the programme, particular focus is placed on households with young children, the elderly and large families.
Prime Minister Holness says come next year, the government plans to increase funding for the NSHP.
He says there’re about 6,000 households in Jamaica in need of better housing.
The Prime Minister says his administration is aiming to provide better living conditions for all Jamaicans currently getting by in unstable housing arrangements.
