Tag: National Housing and Development Trust
Housing policy in works but CIG keeps report secret
(CNS): According to a written answer given by Infrastructure Minister Jay Ebanks in response to a parliamentary question last week, the government is still trying to complete a “comprehensive Public and Affordable Housing Policy” to tackle the “wicked problem” of the housing crisis in the Cayman Islands. CNS is still waiting for the Cabinet Office […]
Ex-NHDT chair admits mistakes over waste scandal
(CNS): Geoffry William Ebanks (47), the former chair of the National Housing and Development Trust who resigned after he was charged with corruption in 2022, told a jury on Tuesday that he doesn’t think he is guilty of the offences he has been charged with. Nevertheless, he accepted that a “lot of mistakes were made” […]
Soil scandal trial to open against former NHDT chair
(CNS): A jury of six women and one man has been selected to hear the crown’s case against Geoffry William Ebanks (47), the former chairperson of the National Housing and Development Trust (NHDT), who has been charged with two counts of corruption in relation to a ‘soil scandal’ at the North Side affordable housing site. […]
NHDT West Bay homes will be finished for Christmas
(CNS): The housing ministry expects the new homes in Phase 3 of the West Bay Light House Gardens Project, a National Housing Development Trust (NHDT) project, to be finished and handed over to owners in time for Christmas. Minister Jay Ebanks and his team visited the site recently for a photo opportunity, as the government […]
CI$550K added to housing repairs budget
(CNS): Cabinet has approved an additional CI$550,000 for a second Housing Repairs Assistance Programme to help people who don’t have the means to repair their homes. The government has also authorised the National Housing and Development Trust (NHDT) to use $1.6 million of its budget to do the same thing for people not eligible for […]
Bodden Town Affordable Homes
MM writes: More than two hundred applications were received by the National Housing & Development Trust when the Bodden Town Affordable Housing scheme began accepting applications for the anticipated completion of the two- and three-bedroom homes. That is, more than two hundred Caymanian families with the dream of homeownership that they could afford.
Former housing trust director sent to jail
(CNS): The former deputy chair of the National Housing and Development Trust Board, Edlin Myles, was committed to HMP Northward Tuesday after his appeal against a six month jail sentence for a housing trust insurance fraud. The appeal court upheld the punishment handed down by Justice Alex Henderson more than sixteen months ago and opted not to […]
CIG seeks better terms for mortgage initiative
(CNS): The Cayman Islands Government is renewing the Government Guarantee Home Assisted Mortgage (GGHAM) Programme as a result of significant success in helping more than 300 local families buy their own home. The National Housing Development Trust, which is working with CIG on the initiative said officials are currently trying to provide more lenient terms for […]
Myles sued by lawyers in housing fraud case
(CNS): The former deputy chair of the National Housing and Development Trust, who was convicted of fraud last year, is being sued for over $30,000 in connection with unpaid legal fees. The lawyers who represented Edlin Myles at trial and sentencing were preparing his appeal but they have also stopped acting for him, according to […]
