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    Sessional Paper of 2003 on National Housing Policy for Kenya

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    2003
    Author
    Ministry of Roads, Public Works and Housing
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    Sessional Paper
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    Ministry of Roads, Public Works and Housing
    Abstract/Overview

    This National Housing Policy is intended to arrest the deteriorating housing conditions countrywide and to bridge the shortfall in housing stock arising from demand that far surpasses supply, particularly in urban areas. This situation has been exacerbated by population explosion, rapid urbanization, widespread poverty, and escalating costs of providing housing. The shortage in housing is manifested in overcrowding, proliferation of slum arid informal settlements especially in peri-urban areas. In the rural areas the shortage manifests itself in the poor quality of the housing fabric and lack of basic services such as clean drinking water. The policy aims at; Enabling the poor to access housing and basic services and infrastructure necessary for a healthy living environment especially in urban areas, Encouraging integrated, participatory approaches to slum upgrading, including income generating activities that effectively combat poverty, Promoting and funding of research on the development of low-cost building materials and construction techniques, Harmonizing existing laws governing urban development and electric power to facilitate more cost effective housing development, Facilitating increased investment by the formal and informal private sector, in the production of housing for low and middle-income urban dwellers, Creating a Housing Development Fund to be financed through budgetary allocations and financial support from development partners and other sources.

    Subject/Keywords
    Housing; Urban Housing; Public Housing; Housing Programmes; Housing Inputs; Estate Management
    Publisher
    Ministry of Roads, Public Works and Housing
    Series
    Sessional Paper;2003
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    http://repository.kippra.or.ke/handle/123456789/1372
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