Kenya: Redevelopment of Old Public Housing Estates in Nairobi
The County Government of Nairobi is set to undertake an urban renewal and re-development project that will see the construction of 100,000 new housing units in existing old public housing estates. This redevelopment project will ride on the back of a County Comprehensive Urban Renewal Programme (ECURP). Several regions of the capital have already been identified for the construction of the new houses. The identified seven quick win projects to serve as pilots to the ECURP are; Old and New Ngara, Pangani, Jeevanjee/ Bachelors, Ngong Road Inspectorate staff quarters, Uhuru and Suna Road. Approximately 14,000 housing units will be developed in these areas.
The project is designed to bridge the gap between demand and supply for housing in the county; less than 35,000 new homes are constructed, which barely meets the need for 120,000 new homes every year. About 100,000 new Kenyans flock to the city in search of employment and opportunity every 12 months. When the total population of Nairobi expands to 14 million by 2050 and to 27 million by the end of this century, without planning interventions, housing may become a crisis. The expected 100,000 new housing units will house approximately 650,000 residents, with the plan to renovate the existing homes currently on existing estates. Other ageing estates targeted are Bahati, Mbotela, Ziwani, Makongeni, Kaloleni, Jericho and Shauri Moyo, which will be demolished and redeveloped to accommodate more home buyers.
Evaluation of the Requests For Proposal (RFP) was completed last year and the project is to start this month (January 2016). The county government will get into Joint Venture (JV) initiatives with other partners to fund the project.
The project is designed to bridge the gap between demand and supply for housing in the county; less than 35,000 new homes are constructed, which barely meets the need for 120,000 new homes every year. About 100,000 new Kenyans flock to the city in search of employment and opportunity every 12 months. When the total population of Nairobi expands to 14 million by 2050 and to 27 million by the end of this century, without planning interventions, housing may become a crisis. The expected 100,000 new housing units will house approximately 650,000 residents, with the plan to renovate the existing homes currently on existing estates. Other ageing estates targeted are Bahati, Mbotela, Ziwani, Makongeni, Kaloleni, Jericho and Shauri Moyo, which will be demolished and redeveloped to accommodate more home buyers.
Evaluation of the Requests For Proposal (RFP) was completed last year and the project is to start this month (January 2016). The county government will get into Joint Venture (JV) initiatives with other partners to fund the project.