As part of its commitment to addressing housing challenges, the Government is exploring the introduction of modular semi-permanent housing units across the island as an additional option for meeting the housing needs of vulnerable Jamaicans.

Prime Minister, Dr Andrew Holness, made the announcement during the handover of a three-bedroom unit under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) to beneficiary, Andrea Burke, at 43 Rosemary Lane in Kingston on Tuesday.

“We have now pivoted into focusing our resources on the recovery in the western end of the island, and we are focused heavily on… the construction and installation of the modular semi-permanent units. These units are fairly well built… they are small in size. They are a container size… but when we double them, we get a decent footprint that could be the equivalent of a small studio unit.