SOCIAL HOUSING

Introduction Social housing is one of the deliverables in slum upgrading The objective of the slum upgrading is to improve lives and livelihoods of people living and working in slums and informal settlements.

Slum upgrading process Settlement Identification Community mobilization & empowerment Physical planning survey & resource mobilization Enumeration of PAPs and data building Social Hosing & related infrastructure Mortgage and Estate Management Security of Tenure Social and physical infrastructure Security of tenure Security of tenure

Current financing model Monthly payment Government of Kenya Budgetary allocation Homes Beneficiaries (TPS Buyers) Contractor KENSUF Payment Deposit mobilization Deposit payment Cooperative Society

Slum upgrading achievements: 1. Kibera Soweto East Zone ‘A’

‘A’ Project Details a) 822 housing units comprising; 144 No. 3 - roomed units 570 No. 2 - roomed units 108 No. 1 - room units b) 245 market stalls c) Youth Centre d) Social hall e)External works and associated infrastructure

2. Mavoko SNP project Mavoko SNP project

Project details The Project is over 90% and scheduled for completion by May 2019. The project is a mixed development comprising 463 high, middle and low housing units.

Cont’ 11No. shops, 1No. restaurant 1No. mini Supermarket a) Commercial facilities 11No. shops, 1No. restaurant 1No. mini Supermarket 87 No. market stalls and food kiosks 12 No. jua kali sheds

Cont’ Primary School 2 No. Nursery Schools Dispensary VCT Centre b) Social amenities Primary School 2 No. Nursery Schools Dispensary VCT Centre Police Station with 21 housing units Social hall c) Additional infrastructures ; No. Ground water storage tank of capacity, 2 No. Transformer rooms, 1 No. borehole, Gate house, No. Garbage receptacles, Common parking lots, Sewer treatment works

3) National Slum Upgrading and Prevention Policy Sessional Paper No 3) National Slum Upgrading and Prevention Policy Sessional Paper No. 2 of 2016 Adopted by both houses of parliament – National Assembly and Senate Dissemination done only in 9 counties Bill is under process

4) Mapping of slums Baseline survey identified 498 slums and informal settlements country wide Cartographic & social mapping to follow – Data at the click of a button.

5) Other achievements Social and Physical Infrastructure developed so far 5No. Social halls 4No. Primary schools 479No. Market stalls 2No. health centres

Cont’ c) 20 No. Settlement Executive Committees (SECs) b) 33No. Housing Cooperatives c) 20 No. Settlement Executive Committees (SECs)

Lessons learnt Community is bankable but requires attitude change – No free housing. Adopt other workable solutions other than permanent decanting sites Other innovative options of funding- land swap and developer financing Multi-storey housing development Rent option as part of social housing Enabling policies and Legislations

Challenges a) High urbanization rate b) Land issue c) Governance d) Limited resources

Implementation of the Big 4 Agenda Delivery of 100,000 social housing units is envisaged The phase one is expected to deliver 11,000 housing units in three settlements in Nairobi:- S/No. Settlement No. of Housing units 1. Kibera Soweto East Zone B 4,400 2. Mariguini, South B 2,600 3. Kiambiu, Eastleigh 4,000 Total 11,000

Cont’ Kibera ‘B’ and Mariguini settlements – SEC in place, enumeration done and next is relocation. Kiambiu – SEC formed and currently engaging with KDF on land. Ministry engaged KPMG to identify other settlements in 47 counties to benefit from the Affordable Housing Programme. Development of other settlements is dependent on this report and on MoUs signed with counties.

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