The Minister for Works and Housing, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has revealed the government’s intentions of reducing or eliminating Ghana’s housing deficit in the next 10 years.
He said that due to the housing issues many Ghanaians face, landlords and real estate agents treat tenants with disdain.
He made this revelation when he embarked on a working visit to the Ashanti region to inspect various projects including a 200-acre land that Otumfour Osei Tutu II provided at Dedesua in 2021.
There, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah directed “the State Housing Company to mobilize and move to site by the end of May ahead of the commencement of works on a Kumasi affordable housing project in collaboration with the private sector.”
The minister’s visit to the Ashanti Region also included the inauguration of 26 housing units for the Ghana Immigration Service at J.A. Kufour Estates, an inspection of completed storm drains in Bantama, and an inspection of ongoing construction works on the Bohyen phase 1 storm drain in Ampabame.
Mr. Kojo Oppong Nkrumah also paid a courtesy call to the Asantehene, Otumfour Osei Tutu II, to discuss flood mitigation and housing needs.
According to Mr. Nkrumah, Government of Ghana put together the affordable housing programme and through the Tema Development Corporation (TDC), the State Housing Company, and the Ministry of Works and Housing, they are delivering 1000,000 housing units.
“Today at the Ministry of Works and Housing we’re in the process of consulting with stakeholders to complete this incentive package, take it before cabinet and before parliament for approval and use that to stimulate the quick development of housing to reduce our 1.8 million housing deficits in Ghana within the next 10 years.,” he said.
He reiterated the government’s commitment to solving the housing deficit which is causing landlords and real estate agents to take Ghanaians without affordable homes for granted.
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Source: Flora Tang/ATLFMNEWS
