10,720 housing units under development to address housing deficit – Kojo Oppong Nkrumah - Adomonline.com

The Minister for Works and Housing has disclosed that there are currently 10,720 housing units in the Greater Accra Region that are at various levels of development to help reduce Ghana’s housing deficit.

Speaking to journalists during the inspection exercise, the Minister emphasised that with a current urban population of 58 per cent, an urbanisation rate of 3.3 per cent, and a housing deficit of 1.8 million units, the pressing issue of housing has become a critical developmental challenge for the country, that which needs addressing urgently.

Detailing the scope of the housing projects, Mr Oppong Nkrumah outlined various initiatives underway with a specific focus on key areas such as the Tema Development Company (TDC) Affordable housing enclave in Kpone and Community 22, Pokuase, Tessano, and Lartebiokorshie.

Under the TDC Affordable Housing enclave, we’ve already done about 1,072 and we’re just about to start work on phase IV which is about 800.

In Tessano we’ve got about 320 that are almost completed and in Lartebiokorshie we’ve got about 100 units so by the time all of it is completed, this should give us more than 10,000 units,” the Minister said.

However, the construction of these new housing units, according to the Minister is part of a broader government initiative aimed at increasing housing stock and bringing down rental prices.

He said the types of housing units being constructed vary from single-family homes to subsidised 1, 2 and 3 housing units