Kenya Urges African Nations to Adopt Affordable Housing Model
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Kenya: Kithure Kindiki has called on African countries to adopt Kenya’s affordable housing model to address urban housing challenges. He made the remarks at the closing ceremony of the Second Africa Urban Forum held at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre. The housing programme, introduced under the administration of William Ruto, includes more than 200 construction sites and has contributed to employment generation across the country.
“Kenya’s Affordable Housing Programme has been hailed as one of the boldest policy initiatives in the developing world, translating the dream of increasing access to decent affordable housing to reality in our lifetime,” he said. He further stated, “Today, Kenya is building 270,000 housing units in more than 200 sites across all regions, creating 640,000 jobs and revitalizing the construction and allied industries. Contracts worth 5 billion USD have already been signed with 800 contractors all Kenyan.”
Source: KBC
