FOR the beneficiaries of the National Housing Trust (NHT) Vineyard Town Apartments in St Andrew, becoming a homeowner is much more than a personal accomplishment many hailed the moment as a catalyst to building and maintaining generational wealth within their families.

When 23-year-old Jodi-Ann Trevelen held the keys to her new apartment for the first time, she could not tell if she was dreaming or awake. She expressed to the Jamaica Observer that becoming her family’s youngest and sole homeowner felt entirely surreal.

“It doesn’t feel real, I’m standing here and I still have to be like, ‘Wait a minute, this is actually happening’”, said Trevelen, who was speaking at the handover ceremony for 14 studio apartments at 2A Central Avenue and 7 Third Avenue last Wednesday.