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Why land is the stumbling block to affordable housing

One of Governments' Affordable Housing Project in Nairobi's Pangani. [File, Standard]

Complexities around availability of land have been identified as the major challenge for developers seeking to participate in the government led affordable housing agenda, a latest analysis shows.

The analysis shows the challenge goes beyond the pedestrian narrative of how expensive land is, roping in the state's hiccupped digitisation process, and how some areas do not have the necessary horizontal infrastructure to attract developers.

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