Kenyan Govt Partners with UN-Habitat to Construct Housing Units within 2-Months
The project is expected to boost homeownership rates which have remained significantly low at 21.3% in urban areas as of 2022.
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The Kenyan National Government in partnership with the United Nations Habitat, and, Epco Builders, a local private developer broke ground for the construction of Mavoko Affordable Housing Project in Syokimau, Machakos County.
The groundbreaking comes two weeks after the government announced its intention to commence the construction of 42,000 affordable housing units within the next two months, in Mavoko, Makongeni, Starehe, Shauri Moyo, and Ruiru.
The project which costs Ksh20 billion will sit on a 22 hectares piece of land and will comprise 5,360 affordable housing units, a market, a school, and a hospital to serve the families in the area.
The housing units will comprise the following, 560 studios, 960 1-bedroom, 2400 2-bedrooms, and 1440 3-bedroomed houses.
[Mavoko Housing Project to be completed within two months. Photo/Courtesy]
Speaking during the launch of the project, President Willliam Ruto noted: “That is why I am happy today that we are building about 5300 houses as part of the affordable housing program. This is a project in which we unite the government, the people of the UN-Habitat, and the private sectors and now we have also received support from the county government here in Machakos. This partnership is so that the government can find a good place where our citizens will find shelter, they will find a house.”
Dr. William Ruto further said that the government intends to construct over 200,000 houses each year to ensure over six million Kenyans living in informal settlements can get access to affordable houses, adding that less than 40,000 Kenyans pay mortgages.
The project is expected to boost homeownership rates which have remained significantly low at 21.3% in urban areas as of 2022. They are also intended to help mitigate the existing housing deficit which stands at 2.0mn units.
With the development, there is going to be a development of sustainable neighborhoods among the informal and low-income communities as well as improve the living standards of the residents in Mavoko through the provision of decent housing.
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