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The beginning of June should see residents and homeowners making the necessary preparations in the event of a storm, ensuring the safety of their families and their homes.  June 1- November 30 is recognised as the Atlantic Hurricane Season. With this in mind, the National Housing Trust (NHT) is advising its mortgagors to stay current with their peril insurance payments, protecting one of their most valuable assets, their home.

Peril insurance safeguards in the event of incidents that may cause damage to, or loss of property. These perils typically include fire, theft, vandalism and natural disasters such as hurricanes,…

The National Housing Trust Social Development Department invited NHT Scheme community leaders to apply for Community Development Scholarship.

The selectees from a pool of 93 applicants received via the NHT website for the Community Development Scholarships are as follows:

Awardees for Play Therapy:

1. Adecia Green- Palmetto Meadows 
2. Gavion Marshall- Palmetto Meadows 
3. Orville Bennett- Humming Bird Meadows 
4. Rachel Reid- Chudleigh 
5. Kamoya Brissett- Brompton Manor 

Awardees for Grant Writing Workshop:…

The National Housing Trust (NHT), acknowledges that some of our customers may have experienced delays in accessing some in-branch services today. The Trust also wishes to extend an apology to these customers for any inconvenience caused. This, as a significant number of our employees, called in sick today.

Customers in the meantime are being reminded that most in-branch services, are available online. Customers may use the NHT Online portal, available at online.nht.gov.jm, to apply for NHT contribution refunds, make contribution payments, make mortgage payments, generate eligibility letters, access mortgage statements among other…

Residents of the Ruthven Towers development and National Housing Trust, NHT staff joined efforts on Labour Day, May 23, 2023 at the Women’s Centre of Jamaica Foundation on Trafalgar Road in St. Andrew. The group of approximately 50 volunteers participated in several activities including tilling the soil for a vegetable garden as well as giving the nursery at the facility a much needed facelift with a fresh coat of paint.

The project was organised by the Ruthven Towers Outreach Programme. Coordinator for the programme Shannon Fairweather, said doing work with the community was one of the first projects identified by Ruthven Towers…

The National Housing Trust (NHT), is set to implement a series of strategic changes to optimise loan processing and accessibility to mortgage financing for its contributors.

Improvements to our customer service delivery along with the recently announced increases in loan limits are expected to streamline the NHT’s mortgage programme, thereby enhancing the overall experience for our customers.

We have made significant progress in the modernisation of our services by harnessing technology and other innovations. Among the changes, is an upgrade to the NHT Online platform to allow customers to generate eligibility letters in a…

The National Housing Trust (NHT), wishes to provide information to the public on the nature of its relationship with Stocks and Securities Limited, SSL.

SSL has in the past formed part of a pool of brokerage institutions used by the NHT to purchase shares/stocks on the Equity Market.

The NHT therefore has a brokerage account, which reflects units purchased by SSL on behalf of the NHT in three securities listed on the Jamaica Stock Exchange, JSE.

The NHT has independently verified the units held in these securities with the Jamaica Central Securities Depository (JCSD) which as at January 16, 2023, were valued at JMD…

The NHT has recently embarked on several projects to upgrade infrastructure in communities we've built across Jamaica. This newsletter offers a glimpse of the NHT’s legacy of greatness through the building and maintenance of sustainable communities across the island. We hope you take time to read the contents of this newsletter to the end, and that on its completion you will feel inspired to partner with the National Housing Trust on wherever you are in your…

The National Housing Trust, NHT wishes to advise customers that starting January 2023, the NHT will begin accepting applications for a refund of contributions made in 2015. Eligible contributors are being reminded that applications for contribution refund MUST be made online. Customers may apply for their refund  via our website; www.nht.gov.jm, and also via our mobile app, ‘NHT Online’, which is available in both the Google Play Store and the App Store (for iOS users).

In addition, the NHT will extend the cash refund…