Hinga: Finance Bill proposals on affordable housing will make selling of units hard

Housing Principal Secretary Charles Hinga when he appeared before the Parliamentary Committee. [Samson Wire, Standard]

Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles Hinga has told the Senate that it would be difficult to sell an affordable housing unit to another buyer if the proposed Affordable Housing Regulations are adopted by Parliament.

Hinga, who appeared before the Senate Delegated Legislation Committee chaired by Tharaka Nithi Senator Mwenda Gataya, said the regulations which are still undergoing public scrutiny specify that a buyer of an affordable housing unit who intends to sell or agrees to sell the unit or any interest therein to any other person shall seek consent of the Board in accordance with Section 54 of the Act.