Bulk of Nairobi middle income families rent houses

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The construction of a new residential apartment with a survey saying most residents in Nairobi are tenants. PHOTO | NMG

More than 85 per cent of middle-income families in Nairobi live in rented houses, pointing to the financial challenges of buying and building their own units.

A survey by real estate and investment firm JLL Africa shows that 439,051 households out of 513,755 lived in rented units by the end of last year.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.