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Low-Cost Housing Design Competition Winners Announced

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Prime Minister Andrew Holness speaking with the first place awardees in the Low-Cost Housing Design Competition. Awardees pictured (L-R): Fitzroy McIntosh, Roni-Kaye McLaren, Suzette Adams–Rickards, and Zane Finnikin. (Photo:JIS)

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation has announced the winners in the Low-Cost Housing Design Competition.

The winners were announced at an awards ceremony held on Tuesday, November 23.

The Competition, which was launched on May 7, closed on August 31 with a submission of three hundred and five applications (305).

Local architects, engineers, builders, and students of the built environment were called upon to submit low cost, sustainable, climate resilient architectural designs for the housing solutions which will be used as models for the New Social Housing Programme.

Of the three hundred and five applications received, forty-three (43) submissions met the full competition requirements and advanced to the Judging Panel.

The winners for the four categories are:


One Bedroom
• First Place – Richard Gazader
• Second Place – Anissa Blake
• Third Place – Michael James

Two Bedrooms
• First Place – Zane Finnikin
• Second Place – Ryan Gentles, Kelli-Rae Ashley, Leslie Gordon, Giovanni McEachron, Derron Barnett
• Third Place – Keisha Daley, Atrao Walker, Dave Hylton, Stephan Rampair

Three Bedrooms
• First Place – Fitzroy McIntosh
• Second Place – Glenford Henry
• Third Place – Dennis Douglas

Multi Family Unit
• First Place – Mlela Matandara-Clarke, Deon Clarke, Roni-Kaye McLaren, Suzette Adams–Rickards
• Second Place – Sheldon Duncombe, Wai Leung NG
• Third Place – Janoy Evans

The winning designs in each category were awarded $1Million for first place $500,000 for second place and $250,000 for third place. The Ministry also awarded four honourary mentions at $50,000 per recipient across three categories.

The winning models, from the Competition, will be incorporated in future designs for housing solutions to be built under the New Social Housing Programme.

The New Social Housing Programme seeks to provide shelter for indigent and vulnerable Jamaicans currently living in substandard conditions.

 

Application For Low-Cost Housing Design Competition Ends August 31

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Application For Low-Cost Housing Design Competition Ends August 31

The Ministry of Economic Growth and Job Creation is reminding interested persons that application for the Government’s Low-Cost Housing Design Competition ends on August 31, 2021.

“We are looking forward to seeing the creative new ideas and designs emerging from the competition………

PM Holness Hands Over Another Unit Under The Social Housing Programme

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PM Holness Hands Over Another Unit Under The Social Housing Programme

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Wednesday (July 14) visited the community of Quarry in St. James to hand over the keys to a new home under the Government’s new Social Housing Programme.

Mr. Holness presented the keys to indigent resident, Marva Mason, who along with her four children have had their living conditions improved through a new three-bedroom house….

PM Says Government is Committed to Housing Vision

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PM Says Government is Committed to Housing Vision

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has emphasised that making affordable houses available to all sectors of society is a vision to which the Government is committed.

“Our commitment of 70,000 housing solutions is underway. We have put together the Bernard Lodge project, 15,000 houses, and we are seeing other private sector initiatives coming up…

Prime Minister Hands Over Housing Units To South Trelawny Families

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Prime Minister Hands Over Housing Units To South Trelawny Families

Three families residing in communities in Southern Trelawny are grateful and happy today as they have been provided with stable, safe, and decent shelter under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP).

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, officially handed over the three-bedroom units in Albert Town, Ulster Spring and Battersea District on Friday July (2)….

Prime Minister Hands Over Housing Units To South Trelawny Families

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Three families residing in communities in Southern Trelawny are grateful and happy today as they have been provided with stable, safe, and decent shelter under the Government’s New Social Housing Programme (NSHP).

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, officially handed over the three-bedroom units in Albert Town, Ulster Spring and Battersea District on Friday July (2)….

PM Holness Hands Over Another Unit Under The Social Housing Programme

Posted on by MEGJC Editor

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, on Wednesday (July 14) visited the community of Quarry in St. James to hand over the keys to a new home under the Government’s new Social Housing Programme.

Mr. Holness presented the keys to indigent resident, Marva Mason, who along with her four children have had their living conditions improved through a new three-bedroom house….

Earth Today | Field schools to cater to Clarendon farmers

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MORE THAN 5,000 upper Clarendon farmers are to benefit from the establishment of five farmer field schools designed to build their skills in climate-smart agriculture and sustainable land conservation, among other areas.

One hundred farmers will undergo training as trainers and then will be able to reach another 5,000 of their colleagues. Work on the schools is expected to start this month, following last month’s $21.7 million contract signing by the Ministry of Housing, Urban Renewal, Environment and Climate Change and Isratech.

“The overarching aim is to empower the farmers by providing them with the necessary knowledge and skills which will build resilience to the impacts of climate-related hazards. The farmers will be trained to disseminate their knowledge to other farmers in the communities [which is] aimed at improving farming practices,” said portfolio minister, Pearnel Charles Jr, at the contract signing.

The Farmer Field school activity will be implemented over the next seven months and is being implemented under the activities of the Adaptation Programme and Financing Mechanism for the Pilot Programme for Climate Resilience.

The programme was developed by the Government of Jamaica and the Inter-American Development Bank, as part of the country’s Strategic Programme for Climate Resilience with the overall goal of increasing Jamaica’s resilience to climate change.

Charles emphasised that the project is critical to the Upper Minho Watershed area, which has been categorised as severely degraded by the National Environment and Planning Agency.

This categorisation, he indicated, has resulted from unsustainable farming and land use practices, as well as the exploitation of minerals, which have had a deleterious impact on the environment in the area.