Category
Published stories attached to the Policy category.
707 items
Page 5 of 79
Kenya's Capital Markets Authority wants the minimum REIT subscription cut from Sh5 million to Sh100,000 and the public holding requirement lowered to 15%, in reforms aimed at widening participation and supporting affordable housing.
Construction of a planned luxury resort inside the Ngezi-Vumawimbi forest reserve on Pemba Island has stopped since a boundary wall went up, with Zanzibar's government and the developers yet to publish project details.
Masindi District Council has resolved to move the title of the 69-acre Uganda Technical College Kyema land into the institution's name so it can raise development funding, but some councillors demanded more consultation first.
Ghana's Rent Control Department has told the University of Ghana Enterprises Limited and private hostel operators nationwide to restore previous rents and refund excess payments by November 17.
The World Bank has asked African governments to remove restrictions on building heights and floor-area ratios, arguing that Nairobi's rules push development outwards instead of using available land more intensively.
Farmers from four Ahafo Region communities say compensation approved in April for land compulsorily acquired for Newmont's Ahafo North mine is being held up by a dispute over 21 structures the company calls speculative.
Residents of Osborne Foreshore Phase II Estate in Ikoyi allege planning and environmental breaches by developer Kenshad International, which they say refused the Lagos deputy governor entry to its Abba Court site.
Elders of the Tsopoli Traditional Council in the Ningo-Prampram District have accused a land claimant of erecting boundary pillars on ancestral land around the Saglemi Housing project with the backing of armed police, and want the Lands Commission to explain the alleged allocation.
The House of Representatives has opened a stakeholder push for a National Real Estate Regulatory Authority, with Speaker Tajudeen Abbas arguing that Nigeria's housing problem is a crisis of trust rather than of supply.