Housing Agency pressing on, despite challenges

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Housing Agency pressing on, despite challenges

The Housing Agency of Jamaica (HAJ) has been a hot topic following the official ground-breaking for the Catherine Estates development, a major real estate project in St Catherine that will put keys into the hands of 1650 low to middle income-earning Jamaicans.

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