Kenya government's 500,000 houses by 2022 plan on track, say PS

President Uhuru Kenyatta views a model of houses to be constructed at Park Road Estate in Ngara under the Affordable Housing Pillar of the Big 4 Agenda.

The Government’s affordable housing plan is on course. Principal Secretary, State Department for Housing and Urban Development Charles Hinga said this as he launched a two-day summit on affordable housing last week.

“Our target to provide 500,000 affordable housing units to Kenyans by 2022 is still on course. This is why such forums are key to offering an opportunity to investors to partner with the Government in realising this agenda,” he said. “Currently our housing deficit as a country stands at 4.5 million and our plan is to build 50,000 housing units per year as a way of meeting the deficit by the set target year,” he added.