GHANA HOUSING MINISTER ANNOUNCE PLANS TO REDUCE HOUSING DEFICTS

Ghana Ministry for Housing has noted that his ministry is making plans to reduce the deficit that is currently facing the nation when it comes to the housing sector.

According to Francis Asenso-Boakye, he said that the government is committed to the full implementation of housing programmes to bridge the country’s housing deficit and challenges.

Speaking during a presentation of the 2021 Population and Housing Census General Report on Housing Characteristics in Accra, the minister said Ministry was working towards eradicating impediments facing Ghanaians in owning decent, quality and affordable accommodation.

He said “The percentage of vacant housing units reported in Greater Accra provides evidence for our growing concern about the number of exclusive high-rise apartments that are out of the price range of the average person in the country.”

According to him, they require a multi-sectorial approach to addressing the challenge, that the Ministry would work with the Ghana Statistical Service (GSS)  to interrogate the findings to be able to better serve the housing needs of the population.

The plan according to the minister will be to launch a new affordable housing programme which would include government making land available, tax exemptions and other social amenities such as electricity, access roads etc. for private developers towards the construction of affordable housing facilities.

Meanwhile, research from the GSS indicates that the country’s housing deficit in the last 50-year period continually witnessed an upward trend from a figure of one million to 2.8 million from 1950 to 2010.

SOURCE: GhanianTimes