Jamaica's newly created Commission of Strata Corporations, which should allow for apartments to be better maintained, hence preserving and increasing the property value, is now in place. The Strata Commission was set up after amendments to the Registration (Strata Titles) Act were passed last year, and will monitor and oversee strata developments. The commission will strengthen the means of collecting maintenance contributions, and will also have broad powers to hold strata executives and property owners to account.

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