The question experts in real estate development are asking is: should the government focus on slum upgrading to create more decent housing units for low-income earners and the middle class, or ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Kennedy Odede. (Courtesy of SHOFCO) I grew up in Kenya’s Kibera slum, the largest urban slum in Africa, and experienced extreme ...

In Kawangare, one of the many “informal settlements” – or slums – in Kenya’s capital Nairobi, Jane is often worried about the weather. The droughts and flood events that hit her neighbourhood are ...

NAIROBI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Kenya needs to build two million affordable city homes to meet its housing deficit and stem the growth of its sprawling slums, already home to six out of 10 ...

As the debate on the construction of affordable housing in urban areas rages on, millions of Kenyans living in rural areas continue to inhabit derelict structures. Yet the focus has always been on ...

(Bloomberg) -- Flooding in Kenya that’s killed hundreds of people and displaced thousands more is helping President William Ruto push one of his controversial campaign promises: Affordable housing.

Nairobi, Feb 14 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Corruption, poor management and lack of public consultation have hurt repeated efforts by the Kenyan government and donors to improve slums, including ...

Kenya’sAffordable Housing Programme is ushering in an era where dignity in life is notmerely an aspiration but an attainable reality for thousands of Kenyans, consigningthe scourge of urban slums to ...

I grew up in Kenya’s Kibera slum, the largest urban slum in Africa, and experienced extreme poverty firsthand. I was a street child, constantly scraping by for food and water, and lacking basic ...