Kibra slum residents arrive for the collection of their keys to their new houses in Kibera Soweto East Zone 'A' , Nairobi County. [Elvis Ogina,Standard] Ongoing efforts by President William Ruto to ...

Kenya: Any major urban area will experience myriad teething problems. Most of the problems are lack of adequate housing for all, which leads to the emergence of poor housing conditions. This is more ...

NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Upgrading slums and giving tenancy rights to residents is key to climate change adaptation and disaster mitigation in India's cities, an analyst said, as the ...

Ruto made the promise last Sunday, during a church function next to the Kibera slum in Nairobi. He said the ambitious vision will be achieved through his government’s Affordable Housing Project.

Stakeholders are advocating high-rise construction as a sustainable solution to upgrade slums without displacing residents. An analyst working on housing affordability in the US, Joseph Ogunlade, ...

In addition to housing construction, we have also implemented over 150 slum upgrading and urban renewal projects across the six geopolitical zones under the National Urban Renewal and Slum Upgrade ...

Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Engr. Muttaqha Rabe Darma, has reaffirmed the commitment of the federal government to transforming Nigeria’s informal settlements into dignified, liveable ...

The United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) defines a slum as a residential area that completely lacks basic amenities needed for human survival like sanitation, potable water, ...