Kenya faces a housing deficit running into millions of units, with demand far outstripping supply, particularly in urban centres such as Nairobi. A large proportion of city residents lives in informal ...

MycoTile grows mushroom roots to make affordable, eco-friendly panels. Fungi-based materials could help ease Nairobi’s housing shortage. Mycelium panels cost about one-third less than traditional ...

Walk through Nairobi’s Kibera, Mathare, or Mukuru slums and the scale of Kenya’s housing crisis becomes immediately visible. Tens of thousands of families crowd into makeshift iron structures, often ...

In recognition of this, the UK and Kenya co-hosted a two-day symposium on affordable housing and sustainable infrastructure on 21 and 22 May at Strathmore University, supported by the Global ...

Buoyed by significant government investment in the 2021-22 national budget, combined with attractive incentives for private developers, the affordable housing sector in Kenya is well set to provide ...

MI VIDA Homes Managing Director & CEO Samuel Kariuki /HANDOUTReal estatedevelopers in Kenya are increasingly tilting their portfolios toward high-endresidential projects, betting on resilient demand ...

Kenya’s real estate sector continues to demonstrate resilience, contributing nearly 10 per cent to the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) and attracting sustained investor interest.

NAIROBI, May 9 (Reuters) - Kenya's sole specialist mortgage lender Housing Finance will develop a housing project in the next two years to create additional income from properties aimed at low and ...

Deputy President Kithure Kindiki has urged African countries to study and adopt Kenya’s Affordable Housing Programme, saying the initiative is a practical model that is already transforming urban ...

Rent-to-own housing is gaining traction as African cities respond to limited mortgage access and rising demand. The model ...

NAIROBI, Sept 28 (Reuters) - Kenya's biggest mortgage lender Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) sees housing demand continuing to outstrip supply even as the rising cost of construction materials shifts ...

Kenya's High Court ruled on Tuesday that a controversial housing levy introduced last year as part of measures to try to shore up public finances was lawful.