State Department for Housing and Urban Development PS Charles Hinga has disclosed that the government is building over 30,000 housing units for police officers.
Speaking at the ongoing Devolution conference in Eldoret, Uasing Gishu County, Hinga noted that the State is committed towards the construction of 200 housing units in the 290 constituencies in the Country.
"Access to housing shapes cities and demand for housing will continue to increase not just in the country but globally due to urbanization. Kenya has one of the highest income inequalities in the World and as a result, a majority of the population can’t afford to own a house.
"The Affordable Housing Program is, therefore, one of the Government initiatives to reduce the inequalities and streamline the housing value chain," the Housing PS stated.
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Mr. Hinga noted that the housing program would creat employment opportunities for the youth, women in construction, and the Jua Kali Sector among other enterprises.
“We are where we are because we left the housing problem to the private sector, we stopped funding National Housing Corporation which was behind estates like Jericho, Ziwani, Buruburu among others," he said.
According to the PS, the Government is in the process of building 214,000 housing units for university students where there is a demand of 640,000.
He pointed out that the Government has so far awarded 17 contracts in lot 1 for development and advertised a further 35 in lot 2.
