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Affordable housing: What Kenya can learn from American model

Affordable Housing Project [PCS]

Walk through Nairobi’s Kibera, Mathare, or Mukuru slums and the scale of Kenya’s housing crisis becomes immediately visible.

Tens of thousands of families crowd into makeshift iron structures, often sharing single rooms across generations. This reality exists despite decades of housing policy discussions and numerous government initiatives.

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