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From hostels to low deposits: What Kenyans want in the housing levy

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President William Ruto lays a foundation stone for Kanduyi Affordable Housing projects as National Assembly Speaker Moses Wetangula, Bungoma Governor Kenneth Lusaka and Principal Secretary Housing Charles HInga look on. [PCS]

The government will include institutional housing in the affordable housing programme. These are some of the changes that a parliamentary committee yielded during public participation in the housing contested levy.

The Report on Consideration of the Affordable Housing Bill, 2023 also details why the National Housing Corporation (NHC) would not be handling the fund despite the argument that it has the necessary structures to do so.

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