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Mkuyu Africa says it will develop more than 3,000 modern homes for sale and rental, with founder Juneid Othman announcing the plan during the Russia-Africa summit in Moscow.
Landlords in five Shimawa estates in Sagamu Local Government Area say Adron Homes is using police arrests, service-charge demands and control of utilities to force them into a company-backed residents' association, allegations the firm has not yet answered.
Kenya's High Court dismissed the national carrier's attempt to set aside an arbitrator's ruling that allowed Epco Builders to pursue compensation over a stalled 312-unit staff housing project in Embakasi.
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.
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.
South Africa's Human Rights Commission wants the Western Cape High Court to halt transfers of 49 city-owned properties auctioned in February, arguing Cape Town never required buyers to deliver affordable housing.
L'AVANT Property, a venture between Hong Kong's P&T Group and a Nigerian construction firm, is developing The Altura, an apartment project of about 150 units in Ikeja GRA, as foreign-backed developers deepen their presence in Lagos.
More than a million South African homeowners - 1,000,856 in total - lack the title deeds proving they own their homes, and at the current transfer rate the backlog would take about four decades to clear, according to Business Leadership South Africa's Reform Tracker.