02 / Housing

Affordable Housing Programme (Boma Yangu)

The Affordable Housing Programme (Boma Yangu) has scaled into one of Kenya's largest job-creating, social empowerment, and homeownership initiatives.

Housing

~2,000

Units under construction, 2022

282,551+

Units completed or under construction

282,551

Cumulative housing units completed or under construction

10,107

Units completed & handed over since Sept 2022

640,442+

Jobs created across AHP projects (1M+ target)

23,690

Institutional & staff housing units (incl. police)

134,907

Student beds (~38,545 units) under construction

KSh 11B

Ring-fenced for MSMEs & Jua Kali artisans

414

Market projects nationwide (70 complete, 297 underway)

5,211

Graduate interns shortlisted and onboarded

Key Achievements

282,551 cumulative affordable housing program units completed or under construction nationwide
10,107 housing units completed and handed over since September 2022
23,690 institutional and staff housing units, including police houses, under construction
134,907 student beds (~38,545 units) under construction nationwide
Over 640,442 jobs created across AHP projects, with more than 1 million expected over the program's duration
Inclusive workforce: 5% persons living with disabilities, 21%-30% women and nearly 50% youth comprise AHP workforce
5,211 graduate interns shortlisted and onboarded across AHP projects
KSh 11 billion ring-fenced for MSMEs and Jua Kali in affordable housing and markets programs
Jua Kali artisans account for 17.5% of AHP-reported labour, supplying critical construction inputs
10,000 housing units planned along the rehabilitated Nairobi River; 44,000 youths engaged in river regeneration
414 market projects nationwide: 70 substantially complete and 297 under construction