City Hall set to break ground for Sh300 billion housing project
The Nairobi City county government is set to break ground for the construction of one of the key flagship housing projects under the Vision 2030.
Phase I of the Urban Renewal project, projected to cost Sh300 billion, will begin in July 2016.
The project will entail construction of new houses to replace the old ones.
County Housing Director Marion Rono said the estates to be affected will be Old and New Ngara, Pangani, Jeevanjee/ Bachelors, Ngong Road Inspectorate staff quarters, Uhuru and Suna Road.
Other ageing estates targeted are Bahati, Mbotela, Ziwani, Makongeni, Kaloleni, Jericho and Shauri Moyo, which will be demolished and redeveloped.
The first phase of the project will involve building of approximately 14,000 housing units in seven sites that have so far been identified by the County.
City Hall has said that current occupants will be able to buy or rent the new units when they are built at a concessionary rate.
Nairobi Governor Dr Evans Kidero assured residents that no one will be displaced in the development of projects.
“Nairobi City County cannot and will not evict or forcibly remove tenants from their houses. What the county government is simply doing is increasing housing provision without interfering with the occupation of existing tenants,” Dr Kidero said.
The planning phase is being supported by the World Bank, AFD and Sida under the Nairobi Metropolitan Services Improvement Programme (NaMSIP).
Eastlands will see more than 100,000 new housing units being developed in the second phase of the Urban Renewal project.