Kenya Reserves 20% of Affordable Housing Units for Teachers
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President William Ruto says 20% of homes built under Kenya's affordable housing programme will be reserved for teachers, with a salary check-off system to make payments easier.
President William Ruto has said 20 per cent of homes developed under Kenya's affordable housing programme will be reserved for teachers, under an agreement between the Affordable Housing Board, the Kenya National Union of Teachers (KNUT) and the Kenya Union of Post Primary Education Teachers (KUPPET).
Speaking during World Teachers' Day celebrations at Kasarani on Monday, Ruto said the September 2025 agreement reserves one in every five homes in affordable housing developments for teachers. "In September 2025, the Affordable Housing Board signed an agreement with KNUT and KUPPET. Under that agreement, one in every five homes in affordable housing developments is reserved for you," he said.
The President said the Affordable Housing Board is working with the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) on a check-off system so that teachers can pay for a home directly through their salaries. A dedicated team has also been established to support teachers seeking to acquire homes, while the government is partnering with teachers' savings and credit co-operative societies to design financing options suited to teachers' incomes.
Ruto said teachers can apply for their preferred unit through the Boma Yangu portal. He added that the housing arrangement is part of wider measures to improve teachers' welfare, including healthcare, remuneration and retirement benefits.
He said teachers' access to inpatient healthcare had doubled from seven per cent to 14 per cent, bringing it on par with other civil servants, and that the number of facilities where teachers can access inpatient care had risen from about 900 to 3,871 across national and county government facilities, faith-based and private providers.