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Small houses, less income: Where State's affordable houses miss target

Gichugu Affordable Housing Programme, in Kirinyaga County  which civil works were completed in May but Kenya Power expected to connect it with electricity to allow occupation. [Boniface Gikandi/Standard]

The availability of small units in the market, which are unfit for family-oriented individuals and low-income Kenyans, is a major mismatch that ails the affordable housing initiative.

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