DINAH MUKALO
The bottom up transformation agenda was meant to provide inclusive growth so that even the mama mboga and bodoboda can feel the growth, several administrations have tried to implement their affordable housing agenda but felt.
The ruling Kenya kwanza’s 1st aid office, saw them put forward the best regarding despite stronger position, Kenyans are now subjected to their 1.5% reduction for housing levy as well as another 1.5% from their employers. In the same year it was enacted the affordable housing has capture a few changes.
27 of may 2024, national housing cooperations celebrated it’s 70th anniversary and launched a new logo. Among those who attended the event were chief of staff,Felix kosgei, cabinet secretary, Alice Wahome, principal secretary national housing cooperation and top officials
The initial budget for housing was 450billion shillings, now tax payers raised 353.9billion Kenyan shilling to implement the strategic plan with the corporation required to mobilize 316.7billion from external sources that would include collaboration, housing levy and strategic partnership.
Under housing development the corporation target to deliver 110housing units, 100,000being residential houses, 5,000 being commercial units and the remaining 5,000 are students hostels, however this is the scale down from the initial prospects. Kenya kwanza was targeting to build 250,000 housing units annually.
Once again the principal secretary defended the in actment .They will now include amenities such as social halls, fire stations and provide lay grounds
The board chairperson national housing corporation expressed some of the challenges they are facing from the county level,their plan to increase land banks through purchase of new land,land recovery and allocation by the government and state agencies
From the strategic plan, still the Kenya kwnza government has a missing terms of financing having planned to work353.9 billion Kenya sh
To satisfy the an made needs for descent and affordable housing provision of suitable housing to Kenyans form a critical delivery pillar in the Kenya vision 2030. Which aims to transform the country into an industrialized middle income economy providing high quality life for all citizens by the year 2030.