Shaneil Francis, the woman whose house was among illegal homes demolished by the Jamaican government at a settlement near Clifton in Portmore, St Catherine, on Tuesday received a house from Prime Minister Andrew Holness.
He handed over the latest unit under the New Social Housing Programme (NSHP) to Francis in Clifton on Tuesday.
According to the Jamaican prime minister, approximately 300 land titles will be handed over to residents of Clifton, in 2024 to regularise ownership of land they have occupied for several years.
Francis, who received a three-bedroom house, was one of the victims of a land scam in the Greater Bernard Lodge development area and her unfinished structure was taken down in October 2022.
Holness had committed to assisting Francis in receiving a legal structure.
During Tuesday’s handover ceremony, he pledged that “similar treatment” would be extended to other persons who were impacted by the land scam as soon as they regularise themselves.
