September 21st, 2023
Supporting Kenya’s affordable housing program: Introducing new tools and research to deepen the sector
Seeta Shah
June 6th, 2023
Understanding the housing conditions of Kenyans from FinAccess data
Seeta Shah
May 26th, 2023
Innovative lending product improves access to water and sanitation in Nairobi’s Mukuru informal settlement
Seeta Shah
November 22nd, 2022
Legal, policy and institutional review of affordable housing sector in Kenya
Muriuki Muriungi
May 31st, 2022
Jenga Green Library: Promoting climate smart housing
Seeta Shah
Jenga Green Library is a directory of green building materials and services, developed by Kenya Green Building Society in partnership with Financial Sector Deepening Kenya, designed to be a one-stop-shop for displaying the entire supply chain of sustainable building materials and services.
April 27th, 2022
Partial Credit Guarantee Feasibility for Affordable Housing
Seeta Shah
FSD Kenya, on request by the Government of Kenya, undertook a feasibility study to create a Partial Credit Guarantee for financial sector players to enter into mortgages with buyers from lower income and informal sector segments.
March 30th, 2022
Driving greener housing using regionally sourced cross laminated timber
Seeta Shah
FSD Kenya’s Affordable Housing team hosted a workshop to stimulate knowledge transfer and collaboration between Tanzania and Kenya on the use of ‘cross laminated timber’ (‘CLT’) in housing delivery on February 8th 2022.
November 17th, 2021
National Rating Bill 2021
Seeta Shah
The Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning has published a draft National Rating Bill 2021 to allow for stakeholder engagement. The Bill seeks to repeal the current Valuation for Rating Act of 1956 (Cap 266) and the Rating Act of 1963 (Cap 267) and seeks to modernize the rating laws to conform them to Article 209 (3) of the Constitution of Kenya 2010 which empowers county governments to impose property taxes.
August 17th, 2021
Landlord and Tenant Bill
Seeta Shah
On Thursday July 29th 2021, FSD Kenya made oral submissions to the Parliamentary Committee reviewing the Landlord and Tenant Bill 2021.
July 23rd, 2021
Reall formalise landmark collaboration with Financial Sector Deepening Kenya (FSD), to drive solutions to the affordable housing crisis
Reall
Reall, innovators and investors in affordable housing are proud to sign a new commitment with FSD Kenya, who support the development of inclusive financial markets in Kenya.
Recent technological innovations in Kenya are going far in supporting the growth of Kenya’s affordable housing market, by providing an opportunity to leapfrog the less flexible systems that have dominated housing supply in the past.
February 24th, 2021
Support for collaboration in driving an affordable housing agenda in Kenya
Seeta Shah
September 17th, 2020
The cost of an extra parking space
Seeta Shah