June 2019

Evolution of the public private partnership (ppps) and its application in down market urban housing in Kenya

The State Department of Housing in Kenya puts the housing demand in the country at 250,000 housing units per year, while actual supply is 50,000 units p.a. This demand for housing has accumulated to 1.85 million units as at 2018. This has led to the growing proliferation of slums and informal settlements, with the Department showing that there are over 500 such settlements. This state of affairs has been partly...

Author(s): Daniel Mutegi Giti, KÁkumu Owiti Abiero and Edwin Oyaro Ondieki