We asked our social media users their thoughts on Prime Minister Andrew Holness’ comments that the NHT is not a charity. Below are their responses.
“Mr PM, I respect what NHT started and what it has done for a lot of hard-working Jamaicans over the year. But I think I need another option now. If I don’t see myself owning a home through NHT, I want the option of not contributing. That’s just me.”
– @DavisStephaniet
“It’s a financial institution. How else will the houses be built? The collection and mortgages alone can’t do it. He is right!”
– @st_western
“The PM lacks full understanding of what the NHT was established to undertake. The most important thing for the PM to remember is that it’s not a private building society.”
– @Anthony66372214
“This reminds of 10 shillings-a-month house back then, now it’s call ‘rent to own.’
– @oniel_campbell
“Yep, but what a business model. Collect statutorily deducted amounts from salaried employees, use that money to build houses that are out of reach of most salaried employees. Wash, rinse, repeat.”
– @ErrolJohnson18
“No LIES were told. The PM is speaking the truth.”
– @swankycamille
“It is a business, isn’t it? If they just build poor people housing and sell at discounted prices, how will they make money?”
– @FenderKemar
“I agree, it is not a charity, but that did not need to be said. It was insensitive and dismissive to the hard-working…
