Alas! The age of vertical ghettos is truly upon Kenya

Five former and current top managers of the National Housing Corporation (NHC) are expected in court Thursday to face corruption-related charges.

The drive for affordable housing has gained fresh impetus. This follows the launch of the pilot construction project of low cost housing units in Ruai, a Nairobi suburb last week.

Adequate housing remains a mirage, a new report claims. The latest Report on Housing Sector Financing in Kenya released yesterday by Hakijamii, an Economics and Social Rights Centre, explains the housing riddle.

A proposed new organisation structure of the Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development is causing ripples.

Lang’ata area in Nairobi is increasingly becoming a much-sought-after by developers. Among the biggest projects there are housing developments by the National Housing Corporation.

Housing minister Soita Shitanda, has appointed a new National Housing Corporation (NHC) managing director and chairman.

While National Housing Corporation slogan is ‘Housing for the Nation’ and with a vision for decently housed nation, malpractices at the corporation by top officials has ensured this remains nothing but a fantasy, writes HAROLD AYODO

The circus at the National Housing Corporation continued yesterday when the suspension of managing director James Ruitha was announced three weeks after the event.

A power play is under way at the National Housing Corporation over who will head the yet-to-be created National Housing Fund (NHF) and Kenya Housing Authority (KHA).

The mandate of the National Housing Corporation is to ensure affordable housing for a majority of urban dwellers.

Cases involving top government officials who allegedly received houses from the National Housing Corporation (NHC) fraudulently will be forwarded to the director of public prosecutions (DPP).

A Man's Home Is His Castle, is an English dictum that has held true through the ages and societies. However humble, however grand, makeshift, decrepit or tawdry and bare, that is where the person feels safest and can hold ground.