Prime Minister Dr Andrew Holness’ pledge to relocate the Coopers Pen squatters whose homes were demolished last month, will address what he rightly described as a “humanitarian tragedy”. But finding alternative places to live for the 99 people who were, several years ago, ordered by the court to vacate the private property is like the proverbial finger in the dyke. It will do little to address the historic crisis of landlessness in Jamaica and the socio-economic problems that it breeds.