Affordable housing project Stories
Makongeni Estate, covering 139 hectares under the Kenya Railways Staff Retirement Benefits Scheme, is among Nairobi’s older estates. The redevelopment...
Hundreds of residents, many of whom had not yet received their relocation facilitation funds, were caught off guard on Sunday as demolition crews bega...
Out of 540 acres handed over by counties, only 54 acres have proper documentation, leaving the rest exposed to potential disputes and delaying constru...
Residents and traders in the area have protested the plans, citing several reasons why the exercise should not proceed despite the government’s ambiti...
The project will comprise three blocks —two at the police line and one at the Administration Police line—housing 150 units ranging from one-bedroom to...
Managing Director Phillip Mainga informed the Parliamentary Committee on Implementation that Kenya Railways had reached an agreement with the State De...
If an application is approved, the Board will enter into an agreement with the applicant, credit the borrowed amount to the applicant’s account after...
Ruto said the challenges he faces are self-imposed, insisting that these difficult decisions are necessary for Kenya’s long-term development.
Garissa Township MP Dekow M. Barrow encouraged the artisans to make the most of the opportunity and urged contractors to follow government guidelines.
COTU Secretary-General Francis Atwoli had raised concerns over the misapplication of the funds meant for workers’ housing.
COTU had warned that the Affordable Housing Regulations introduce loopholes that could allow MPs to redirect the housing levy to initiatives unrelated...
The exercise, which was initially set to end on Saturday, has already seen over 11,000 people enlisted.
The organisation asserted that the actual residents of the area are not among the selected beneficiaries of these housing allocations and alleged that...
President William Ruto on Tuesday officiated the handover of 1,080 units, describing the project as a turning point in Kenya’s housing sector.
According to the 2025 Economic Survey, private construction firms shed 2,900 jobs, reducing the number of people they employ from 226,300 in 2023 to 2...
The board emphasized that those who meet the legal requirements are issued a Registration Certificate and an Annual Practising Certificate, which must...
The construction covers multiple housing categories, including 52,909 units under the Affordable Housing Programme (AHP), 56,753 social housing units,...
From July to December 2024, the government allocated Sh320.6 billion for development projects but only spent Sh217.4 billion, resulting in a Sh103.2 b...
The President also highlighted the project's scale, proposing an increase in building height to accommodate more residents due to land scarcity.
The Parliamentary Budget Office reveals that while the government aimed to deliver 200,000 housing units annually, it has achieved only 1.2 per cent o...
Senators questioned why Kenyans were being taxed for houses they were not assured of owning.
The report warns that without these records, it remains unclear whether proper land ownership structures are in place to facilitate the issuance of ti...
According to the group, Yunus was arrested on February 25 after he visited a police station seeking to know why the authorities were searching for him...
PS Hinga attributed the meagre 25 per cent absorption rate to delays in the disbursement of funds by the Affordable Housing Board.
While 53.5 per cent of Kenyans are aware of the AHP, a worrying 46.4 per cent are still in the dark about the programme.
A report presented to the Nairobi City County Assembly by the Planning Committee in early December revealed that the title deed for the Pangani estate...
As of now, 500,000 Kenyans have expressed their desire to occupy the first phase of the affordable housing units.
The consultants have warned that the unpaid dues, which have been pending for nine months, are hindering the successful implementation of the initiati...
The audit revealed that by June 2024, KMRC had received Sh11.66 billion, but there was no clear evidence of how these funds were disbursed to the inte...
