Investments in the affordable housing program is creating a multiplier effect with benefits including job creation, improved health and safety and increased household resilience continuing being realized, the National Government Coordination (NGC) Secretariat has indicated.
The National Government Coordination (NGC) Secretariat Multi-agency team leader, Dan Ameyo, who led the team to inspect various exchequer-funded projects in Nakuru County, said that the affordable housing program was designed to ensure that low-income earners were able to own homes through the National Tenant Purchase Scheme or rent-to-own payment options.
He said the affordable housing project was promoting economic recovery by linking Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises, and Jua Kali sector as suppliers of various inputs, such as hinges, doors, and windows, among others, to housing projects.
Ameyo observed that investments in affordable housing programs were creating a multiplier effect where direct and indirect benefits to the country included job creation, improved health and safety and increased household resilience.
