https://www.bizcommunity.com/410/801.html Africa Affordable Housing news 15 Affordable & Social Housing news - Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/410/801.html en-us Sat, 31 Oct 2026 14:40:27 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/from-rent-to-ownership-how-gideon-gitonga-is-widening-access-to-african-real-estate-964834a For many African families, owning a home remains a distant ambition. Properties exist and investment capital is available, but the financing systems connecting people, assets and investors are often fragmented or inaccessible. 1-271404 Wed, 02 Sep 2026 14:59:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Affordable & Social Housing Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/730/234914.html Throughout the year, I have been privileged to closely interact and track markets across multiple cities such as Nairobi, Lagos, Accra, Johannesburg, Cairo, Casablanca, Lusaka, Abidjan and Maputo. 1-234914 Tue, 10 Jan 2023 10:26:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Affordable & Social Housing Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/801/228439.html In Kenya, the right to housing is embedded in the constitution, which provides that "Every person has the right to accessible and adequate housing, and to reasonable standards of sanitation." 1-228439 Fri, 03 Jun 2022 10:33:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Affordable & Social Housing Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/801/225301.html Following a recently held board meeting, it was decided that managing director Andrew Chimphondah and pan-African housing financier Shelter Afrique would part ways. 1-225301 Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:10:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Affordable & Social Housing Africa https://www.bizcommunity.co.ke/Article/111/801/224745.html Kenya's first mortgage refinancing company is selling a 10.5bn shilling ($93m) medium-term note, whose proceeds will be lent out to commercial banks to increase affordable home ownership, the company said on Friday, 4 February. 1-224745 Fri, 04 Feb 2022 11:48:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Affordable & Social Housing Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/698/222035.html Broll Property Group has observed various trends across the countries in which it operates, including Botswana, Cameroon, Eswatini, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Nigeria, Réunion, Seychelles, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia. It's found that while the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the property market across the board, new niche asset classes are also emerging. 1-222035 Thu, 11 Nov 2021 11:32:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Affordable & Social Housing Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com.gh/Article/83/801/218735.html African cities are among the fastest growing in the world, leading to rising demand for urban housing. Housing policies promoted by international organisations such as the World Bank since the 1980s have stimulated housing markets in order to address this demand. As a result, many of Africa's major cities are being transformed by investment in urban real estate. But many also face a shortage of affordable housing for low-income residents. 1-218735 Thu, 05 Aug 2021 14:14:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Affordable & Social Housing Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/801/216420.html Funding models for the affordable housing market in Africa requires a re-think if the continent is serious about closing the gap between supply and demand for quality stock. This represents a significant opportunity for strategic partnerships between private developers and banks, which requires the development of new funding models that are fit-for-purpose for heterogeneous jurisdictions in Sub-Saharan Africa. 1-216420 Tue, 01 Jun 2021 11:15:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Affordable & Social Housing Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/414/604/212151.html On the eve of the UK Department for International Trade's Africa Investment Conference, East African architecture and masterplanning firm FBW Group noted that private sector investment is key to solving East Africa's mounting affordable housing challenges and the UK can play a leading role in turbo-charging the development drive needed. 1-212151 Mon, 18 Jan 2021 06:55:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Affordable & Social Housing Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com.gh/Article/83/801/209970.html Housing is one of the most basic human needs and can have a profound impact on the happiness, lifestyle, self-esteem, and productivity of an individual. Yet the delivery of adequate housing to urban dwellers has been a considerable challenge for national governments in many developing countries. 1-209970 Tue, 03 Nov 2020 10:07:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Affordable & Social Housing Africa