{"id":19629,"date":"2021-12-02T21:58:53","date_gmt":"2021-12-03T02:58:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev?p=19629"},"modified":"2021-11-30T19:43:32","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T00:43:32","slug":"pm-launches-victoria-palm-housing-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/pm-launches-victoria-palm-housing-development\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Launches Victoria Palm Housing Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaica<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (October 29) launched the Victoria Palm housing development, which will provide sustainable, climate-resilient housing solutions for residents of Western Kingston.<\/p>\n<p>It will benefit persons experiencing economic challenges, which would preclude them from formal home ownership.<\/p>\n<p>The project, to be undertaken in three components, will involve construction of single, two-bedroom and three-bedroom units; upgrading\/construction of infrastructure for multi-family housing arrangements on land parcels (tenement yards); and temporary relocation of the approximately 200 beneficiaries for the duration of the development period.<\/p>\n<p>Residents will be able to access formal titles for their respective units.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Holness said that the initiative forms part of the\u00a0Government\u2019s commitment to provide 70,000 affordable housing solutions to the people of Jamaica.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Government is moving ahead with its commitment towards the 70,000 new housing solutions\u2026 .\u00a0 In that 70,000 there is a house there for you. We believe that good shelter is a right and we are going to do everything in our power to ensure that you can benefit from one of these shelter solutions,\u201d he told the residents.<\/p>\n<p>Minister of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change, Hon. Pearnel Charles Jr. said that the initiative is an example of the Government redefining its approach to providing shelter solutions to ensure they are more accessible, affordable and climate resilient.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are working to reinvigorate our urban centres in order to achieve a balance between economic viability and environmental sustainability, in order to restore the environment, particularly in [areas] that are degraded, and reduce the impact of climate change, so that all of us can have an improved quality of life,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The virtual launch also featured the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) by the participating Ministries \u2013 Local Government and Rural Development; Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change; and Economic Growth and Job Creation \u2013 and the Kingston and St. Andrew Municipal Corporation (KSAMC).<\/p>\n<p>Funding for the project will be provided through the Housing, Opportunity, Production and Employment (HOPE) Programme.<\/p>\n<p>The development will see proper infrastructure being put in place such as water, sewerage, and electricity, as well as access to green spaces.<\/p>\n<p>A needs assessment will be conducted, which will determine the appropriate unit allocation for beneficiaries.\u00a0This will be followed by a rigourous procurement and review process prior to approval by an overview committee.<\/p>\n<p>The tender process for the development project is now under way.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jis.gov.jm\/pm-launches-victoria-palm-housing-development\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>image: pexels-mike<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jamaica Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Friday (October 29) launched the Victoria Palm housing development, which will provide sustainable, climate-resilient housing solutions for residents of Western Kingston&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1091,"featured_media":19630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[250],"tags":[121,190,270,158],"class_list":["post-19629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-articles","tag-caribbean","tag-construction","tag-development","tag-works"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/pexels-mike-145665-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1440&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6u9Qa-56B","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26456,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/corruption-prosecutor-to-probe-holness-conflict-of-interest-allegation\/","url_meta":{"origin":19629,"position":0},"title":"Corruption prosecutor to probe Holness conflict of interest allegation","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"February 16, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Jamaica The report said that Garvin is \u201cpersonally\u201d known to Holness and had been employed both in his St Andrew West Central constituency and his personal business. \u00a0- File photo The Integrity Commission has referred a report implicating Prime Minister Andrew Holness in an alleged conflict of interest to the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Articles&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Articles","link":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/category\/articles\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/transparency-and-accountability-Free-Press-Free-Press-Action-Fund-flickr.jpg?fit=781%2C250&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/transparency-and-accountability-Free-Press-Free-Press-Action-Fund-flickr.jpg?fit=781%2C250&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/transparency-and-accountability-Free-Press-Free-Press-Action-Fund-flickr.jpg?fit=781%2C250&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/transparency-and-accountability-Free-Press-Free-Press-Action-Fund-flickr.jpg?fit=781%2C250&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":26659,"url":"https:\/\/projectcalls.com\/dev\/pm-holness-at-centre-of-possible-conflict-of-interest-probe\/","url_meta":{"origin":19629,"position":1},"title":"PM Holness at centre of possible conflict of interest probe","author":"Mayra Bonilla Lopez","date":"March 2, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Jamaica Prime Minister Andrew Holness has been cited for a possible conflict of interest in the awarding of Government contracts totalling millions of dollars to an entity - 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