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A Habitat for Humanity International study has found 63% of Ethiopian respondents are dissatisfied with their housing, against a global average of 35%, with informal-settlement residents reporting a 74% dissatisfaction rate.
Goh Betoch Bank, Ethiopia's only specialised mortgage lender, has paused new long-term mortgages after its loan-to-deposit ratio climbed to 160 percent, even as the central bank moves to set up a National Housing Fund and a 100 billion birr refinancing company.
The Addis Ababa City Administration has set up a mechanism to review grievances from more than 250 property owners whose holdings were allegedly improperly transferred to the city's land bank after a 2023 vacant land audit.
Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has appointed Chaltu Sani, formerly Minister of Urban and Infrastructure Development, as chief executive of the Federal Housing Corporation, effective September 28, 2026.
Municipal demolition directives in central Addis Ababa are clearing historic markets and residential neighbourhoods to make way for private real estate development, with residents and traders reporting verbal vacate notices.
A new Ethiopian directive allows non-nationals to register a house in their own name for the first time since the Derg era, with entry prices starting at US$100,000 and a five-year residence permit attached.
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.
Ethiopian developer Noah Real Estate says it has received no court summons, responding to homebuyer petitions over price adjustments and apartment size variations that have triggered temporary injunction applications.
Ethiopia's housing deficit persists despite heavy public capital because land, building materials and governance bottlenecks, not finance, constrain delivery, The Reporter argues.