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Nairobi County to construct 60,000 residential houses
NMS has started redevelopment of 10 county estates in Nairobi, as it seeks to put up 60,000 highrise rent or buy affordable housing units.
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Nairobi Metropolitan Services (NMS) has started redevelopment of 10 county estates in Nairobi, as it seeks to put up 60,000 highrise rent or buy affordable housing units.
NMS housing and urban renewal deputy director Marion Rono said the project is part of the second phase of the affordable housing programme aimed at addressing the deficit in Nairobi.
“We have embarked on the development of 10 estates where we are erecting an additional 60,000 housing units to address housing backlog in Nairobi,” said Ms Rono.
As part of the redevelopment plan, the Bahati Estate project will see building of 12,000 high-density storied buildings of between six and 16 floors consisting of three, two and one-bedroom units to replace bungalows sitting in the 20.4 hectares estate.
Another 10,000 units will be constructed in Lumumba, Maringo (8,000), Kariobangi North (1,500), Embakasi (4,000), Bondeni (774), California (2,500) and Woodley Estate (6,000).
The second phase will now join the ongoing first phase regeneration of other seven Nairobi County government estates including Ngong Road Phases I and II, Uhuru Estate, New Ngara, Old Ngara, Suna Road, Pangani and Jeevanjee/Bachelor Quarters.
The first phase of the affordable housing programme began in June 2020 with Pangani and Jeevanjee acting as flagship projects.
“As of now, all the units under the affordable housing bracket valued at Sh1 million are sold out as the demand for low-cost housing in the city is incredibly high,” said Ms Rono.
