Affordable housing remains a mirage of low income category house holds and the salaried class in Kenya owing to spiral land prices and demand and supply and income mismatch

That housing in Kenya is a T headache is not in doubt. According to the World Bank, there is a deficit of 2 million Kenyans who require access to low income housing. One of the reasons that housing is a challenge comes with the cost. For instance, according to the 2019 Kenya Real Estate Market report, the prices for land on which real estate will be built on, is expensive. As an example, land in upmarket estates such as Muthaiga, Lavington and Nyari goes for as high as KSh176.1 million, KSh237 million and KSh105.6 million, respectively per acre.

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