Homes for starters

From a distance, they look like any standard apartment block around the city. The three blocks are almost complete and are expected to be occupied by next month. But the occupants will not be your ordinary middle-class Kenyan who has been saving for a dream home.

These flats, aptly known as First Homes, consist mostly of bedsitters, popularly referred to as starter homes that target young first-time homeowners. They are being built a short distance past Mlolongo on Mombasa Road.