← Back to Home

Category

Residential

Published stories attached to the Residential category.

310 items

Page 4 of 35

News

Cape Town defends demolition of Gate 7 settlement at Maitland Cemetery

The City of Cape Town says the clearing of the Gate 7 informal settlement at Maitland Cemetery followed a private owner's eviction order, as displaced families spent the weekend sleeping in the open.

News

Luv FM-Republic Bank Habitat Fair returns to Kumasi with home financing in focus

The 2026 Republic Bank Luv FM Habitat Fair will run from November 25 to 29 at Kumasi City Mall, with organisers and lenders pitching staged construction financing to would-be homeowners.

News

Zimbabwe housing minister defends demolitions and warns land barons

Housing Minister Paul Mavima says demolishing illegal structures is a last resort against unplanned settlements, and warns that land barons who illegally subdivide and sell land will be prosecuted.

News

R48.9m Joshco social housing project in Booysens still unfinished three years on

A R48.9 million Johannesburg Social Housing Company contract to convert a Booysens building into 40 social housing flats is still a construction site more than three years after it was awarded, with Joshco's own reports showing 45 per cent completion.

News

NEMA opens public comment on five Nairobi housing lots totalling 7,128 units

Kenya's environment authority has invited public comments on five impact assessments for social and affordable housing developments in Mugumo-ini Ward, Lang'ata, that would deliver a combined 7,128 units and could relocate some Kibra residents.

News

Lagos delivered 10,623 housing units across 23 estates since 2019, Sanwo-Olu says

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu says Lagos State has delivered 10,623 housing units across 23 estates in its five administrative divisions since 2019, with 4,414 units funded directly from the budget and 6,209 through public-private partnerships.

News

Cape Town hands over 26 more homes as Elsies River infill project advances

The City of Cape Town has handed keys to 26 families at the Florida housing site, the latest phase of the Elsies River Infill Housing Project spread across six sites.

News

Diaspora buyers seek state help after Ruaka apartment project stalls with KSh260m paid in

More than 70 Kenyan diaspora purchasers say they have committed about KSh260 million to a Ruaka apartment development since 2019 and are asking government to intervene after construction stalled.

News

Simelane seeks talks with Cape Town over Annandale Farm land release

Human Settlements Minister Thembi Simelane has asked for a meeting with the City of Cape Town over plans to release the 72-hectare Annandale Farm near Dunoon for development, as residents question whether the land will house them.