Chairman of the National Housing Trust (NHT), Easton Douglas, says there is not enough supply of housing in Jamaica in either the low- or middle-income categories to fill current demand. Real estate agents and dealers agree with him, one of whom has dubbed the lack of housing inventory a "housing crisis" driven by expensive land, while wondering if the capital city Kingston should start building up instead of out.

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