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Nigeria's housing ministry has set up a 15-member ministerial committee to turn validated stakeholder recommendations into an implementation framework for housing sector reforms, giving it six weeks to deliver a work plan.
The Tanzania Building Census 2022 counted 14,348,372 buildings, overwhelmingly low-rise, privately owned homes, highlighting the built-environment gap the country must close to reach its Vision 2050 goals.
Kenya's affordable housing programme absorbed Sh122.2 billion in the 2025-26 financial year but completed and handed over only 1,836 units, the Controller of Budget's latest review shows.
Addis Ababa's housing bureau lifted the baseline construction cost for government employees' housing cooperatives from 35,000 to 50,000 birr per square metre, prompting several cooperatives to halt work.
An estate developer has asked President Tinubu to call the Federal Housing Authority's CEO to order, after the agency posted demolition notices on Lagos properties while a suit was pending in court.
An analysis argues that Nigeria's urban challenges are institutional as much as infrastructural, and that data, coordination, continuity and accountability should drive city development.
The Western Cape government has expanded its housing intervention model through a new partnership with Nedbank, with 48 applications already approved for struggling homeowners.
Land and property owners at Amrahia Dairy Farms have petitioned President John Mahama over the alleged demolition of their homes and properties without a court order.
Egypt has recorded about 490,000 real estate tax filings covering more than 830,000 property units on its digital real estate tax platform, according to Finance Minister Ahmed Kouchouk.