Government-built affordable houses halved to 1,655 last year

Upcoming Anderson Estate in Kisumu Transformed into Skyscrapers Under the Affordable Housing Project on March 20, 2025.

Photo credit: Alex Odhiambo | Nation Media Group

The number of residential housing units completed by the government fell by half to 1,655 units in 2024 from 3,357 houses in the year before, new data shows.

Official data from the 2025 Economic Survey by the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics (KNBS) shows that the value of these houses subsequently fell to Sh4 billion from 11 billion.

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