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Displaced residents and traders in Laini Saba, Kibra, told a Senate committee that only a fraction of promised houses and stalls have been delivered, with some units still lacking water and sewer connections.
Nairobi County has opened a regularisation amnesty giving property owners with unauthorised developments until December 31 to obtain the required planning approvals.
The Kenya Army has briefed troops at Kahawa Garrison on a newly established Kenya Defence Forces mortgage scheme that aims to give military personnel and their families structured access to affordable homeownership.
Kenya's affordable housing programme absorbed Sh122.2 billion in the 2025-26 financial year but completed and handed over only 1,836 units, the Controller of Budget's latest review shows.
Knight Frank's first-half 2026 Kenya Market Update says buyers are paying a growing premium for developments with substantial landscaped green space, as prime residential sale prices rose 6.2 per cent.
President William Ruto has handed over 220 housing units at the Chepalungu Boma Yangu affordable housing estate in Bomet County, where 99 per cent of the homes have been sold.
Nairobi landlords are increasingly leasing vacant office space to flexible workspace operators through revenue-sharing partnerships, as older buildings lose tenants to modern Grade A developments, a Knight Frank report shows.
The share of Kenyan banks expecting non-performing real estate loans to rise over the next quarter nearly doubled to 27 per cent in June, according to the Central Bank of Kenya's latest credit survey.
Kenya's Ngong Vet affordable housing project in Kajiado North has reached 60 per cent completion, with all 1,910 planned units expected to serve residents of Ngong and surrounding areas.