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Interior Cabinet Secretary Kipchumba Murkomen told a Senate committee the government will act on security concerns at Two Rivers Crescent Estate in Kiambu, where more than 100 families are contesting a rival ownership claim over about 35 acres.
The Nigerian Institute of Building's Ekiti State chapter wants QR codes made mandatory on construction sites so regulators can identify registered professionals and trace quacks.
President John Dramani Mahama told Ghanaians in Antigua and Barbuda that his government is building a housing mortgage repayable over 15 to 20 years that will include the diaspora, but named no rate, bank or application route.
Ghana needs more than 1.8 million extra homes and has cut mortgage rates and set up a housing fund, but bankers, developers and policymakers at a conference in Accra say expensive land, infrastructure and construction finance still keep prices beyond most households.
Residents of Allandale Farm Ext 1 in Rabie Ridge say a Constitutional Court decision dismissing the City of Johannesburg's bid to appeal an eviction ruling has given them hope of keeping their homes on land earmarked for low-cost housing.
Uganda's finance minister says unclear building approvals, lengthy procedures and expensive long-term finance are holding back construction, and has tied reform of the sector to the government's tenfold growth target.
The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria says some developers resold houses already allocated to National Housing Fund contributors or abandoned projects after drawing construction finance, as stakeholders debate a proposed real estate regulatory authority.
The Greater Accra Regional Peace Council has told chiefs and social media users in Tema and Nungua to avoid inflaming a land dispute that has already forced a university to postpone a heritage festival.
The University of Abuja branch of ASUU says the FCT minister's September allocation of campus land to companies and individuals breached a court order, and warns it can no longer guarantee industrial harmony.