Uhuru’s plan to cut rents, home prices in Nairobi

Flats at a low-income residential estate in Nairobi. file photo | nmg

The planned construction of 30,000 new homes in Nairobi could significantly cut rents in the city’s middle- and low-end estates as well as cause a massive price correction in mid-level housing market, realtors said.

Rents make a major expenditure item in the monthly budgets of Nairobi residents and a fall or stagnation would offer a welcome relief after many years of persistent escalation.

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