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NSSF managing director Patrick Ayota told Parliament's COSASE that the fund will conduct a joint survey with businessman Amos Nzeyi and reclaim the entire 55 acres it says it paid for in 2008 but has never fully occupied.
Dar es Salaam regional commissioner Albert Chalamila says the government has opened talks with the National Housing Corporation, the Tanzania Buildings Agency and NSSF on a framework for buying land from residents to replan and redevelop the city.
Cape Town rents have risen nearly 10% in a year to about R12,500 a month, prompting a volunteer collective to campaign for caps on increases, limits on short-term lets and a long-delayed inclusionary housing policy, while the city says it will not intervene.
The Lagos State Physical Planning Permit Authority sealed over 45 buildings across the Eko and Ifako-Ijaiye districts this week, saying owners had ignored earlier contravention notices.
Justice minister Ziyambi Ziyambi told National Real Estate Day that owners will not lose property under the 24-month title deed validation programme, though unvalidated paper deeds will not be accepted for sales, transfers or bank loans after the deadline.
Parliament's COSASE committee has ordered a property-by-property verification of the Departed Asians Property Custodian Board's register after MPs questioned missing assets, compensation records and financial discrepancies.
Fort Portal City collected Shs4.174 billion in local revenue in 2025/26 against a Shs3.167 billion target, with property-related duties overshooting to Shs1.569 billion as development applications more than doubled.
A World Bank assessment identifies bribery, fraudulent land records and illegal allocations in Kenya's land administration, alongside business electricity costs far above Uganda and Vietnam, as constraints on construction and investment.
Cape Town mayor and DA leader Geordin Hill-Lewis says easing development rules and releasing more city-owned land are the only sustainable routes to more affordable housing, speaking after casting his vote in the local elections.