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Natoya Pearson is relieved she and her five children will be able to "sleep well" for the first time.

Pearson, 32, of Rennalls district, Point Hill, St Catherine, is latest beneficiary of a brand-new home provided free of cost under the Government's New Social Housing Programme (NSHP). Having previously lived in a deteriorating board structure, Pearson expressed heartfelt gratitude for her new home.

"We are thankful and we are grateful for this. Before, I was living in a bad condition ... the house wasn't proper for me and my kids. So today, I am so overwhelmed to be here, with the Prime Minister handing over a lovely house to me and my children. Thank you all," she said.

Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness presented Pearson with the keys to the three-bedroom unit during a handover ceremony last Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Holness reiterated that the NSHP is having a profound and positive impact on the welfare of Jamaica's most vulnerable citizens, particularly those living in dire housing conditions.

He indicated that, through the programme, shelter has been provided to more than 1,000 Jamaicans.