At least 44 African countries, the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the African Reinsurance Corporation (African-Re) are ...

Kenya has a housing deficit of more than two million units, with more than 60% of urban households living in slums. According to the World Bank, the country needs to build about 200,000 new housing ...

President William Ruto is hoping to provide affordable houses to low income-earners through the new levy Kenya's President William Ruto has signed into law a controversial bill, paving the way for the ...

Kenya is studying South Korea's advanced technology to improve housing infrastructure and address the African country's housing challenges. “Our goal is to build 200,000 housing units annually, and we ...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — In the heart of the crowded Kibera neighborhood in Kenya’s capital, Jacinter Awino shares a small tin house with her husband and four children. She envies those who have escaped ...

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A Kenyan court has dealt a blow to the government, rejecting its appeal against a temporary block on a controversial housing tax. In November, the High Court found that the 1.5% monthly levy unfairly ...

Ruto assented to the bill on Tuesday, paving the way for the government to continue collecting a 1.5% monthly levy to fund his ambitious affordable housing project. He says the law will help his ...

According to IRIB, on the sidelines of the UN-Habitat Assembly, Abdolreza Golpayegani — Iran’s Deputy Minister of Transport and Urban Development and head of the Urban Regeneration Company — met with ...

• Despite being a basic need, affordable housing continues to be inaccessible to many people across the globe due to the rising population growth and increased urbanisation. • It is inevitable that ...

As the debate on the construction of affordable housing in urban areas rages on, millions of Kenyans living in rural areas continue to inhabit derelict structures. Yet the focus has always been on ...