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Roofs Before Rent: PNP Questions NaRRA's Waterfront Headquarters as Melissa Victims Wait

Kingston, Jamaica. October 6, 2026. The People's National Party (PNP) is demanding that the Government table the full, unredacted lease under which the National Reconstruction and Resilience Authority (NaRRA) will pay roughly $120 million a year, close to $600 million over five years, for headquarters at the Digicel Building, 14 Ocean Boulevard, while Hurricane Melissa victims still wait for help to rebuild.

NaRRA disclosed on Monday that it signed a five year lease at US$26 per square foot, or US$725,972 annually, ahead of starting operations on November 1, citing the building's resilience features and a National Land Agency valuation.

NaRRA has also said its premises must allow it to work through hurricanes. The PNP asks whether the authority is absorbing the functions of ODPEM, the agency Jamaicans already fund to lead disaster response as well as preparedness and emergency management.

The PNP notes that, as far as taxpayers know, they are still paying $4.5 million a month for the former home of the Ministry of Legal and Constitutional Affairs on Fairway Avenue.

"Jamaicans are not asking whether the rent matches the market. They are asking why it is being paid at all," said Julian Robinson, Opposition Spokesperson on Finance. "Why was NaRRA not placed at Fairway Avenue, a building the public is already paying for? Why not the Office of the Prime Minister, ODPEM or other rent free state properties? Who made this decision, and which alternatives were rejected?"

One year of this rent could repair breakaways that cut off communities, schools and homes, restore damaged classrooms, or ease hospital shortages.

"An authority created to cut through bureaucracy has begun by building overhead," Mr Robinson said. "Families in western Jamaica are still under tarpaulin. A reconstruction agency's first priority should be roofs on homes, not a waterfront address."

"Transparency is not optional when it is the people's money" Mr. Robinson said. "Every dollar spent on comfort is a dollar withheld from recovery." @julianjay

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