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48 #ChangingLives<br />

#ChangingLives<br />

#TransformingGhana #TransformingGhana 49<br />

Government continues to invest<br />

heavily in the area of housing in a<br />

bid to bridge the housing deficit.<br />

An aggressive affordable housing<br />

programme has been rolled out to<br />

provide more Ghanaian families<br />

in the lower to middle income<br />

bracket with decent homes. The<br />

programmes being undertaken in<br />

this regard are -<br />

Saglemi Affordable Housing Project<br />

Saglemi Affordable Housing Project<br />

Police Housing Project<br />

1. The Affordable Housing<br />

Project at Saglemi in the Ningo-<br />

Prampram District of the Greater<br />

Accra Region.<br />

Work is progressing speedily on<br />

the construction of 5,000 housing<br />

units which constitute the first<br />

phase of this project at Saglemi in<br />

the Ningo-Prampram District of<br />

the Greater Accra Region. The first<br />

1,500 housing units will be ready for<br />

occupancy by the middle of 2016.<br />

2. “Nyame dua” Estates<br />

Under a Public Private Partnership<br />

(PPP) arrangement, Messrs Sethi<br />

Realty Limited has been allocated<br />

95 acres of land at Kpone for the<br />

construction of 5,000 affordable<br />

housing units, branded “Nyame<br />

Dua” Estates. The first phase of 240<br />

housing units comprising 2 and<br />

3 bedroom house types is nearing<br />

completion.<br />

3. Security Services Housing<br />

Scheme Phases 1 and 2<br />

Government’s commitment to<br />

provide decent housing for the<br />

security services has been given<br />

meaning through the completion<br />

of 168 housing units with related<br />

infrastructure in Tema. This is<br />

made up of 136 two-bedroom and<br />

32 three-bedroom flats. Work is<br />

progressing fast on the construction<br />

of 368 housing units under the<br />

second phase of this project at an<br />

estimated cost of GH¢ 101.2 million.<br />

4. Keta Sea Defence Resettlement<br />

Housing Scheme<br />

Under this project 618 out of 836<br />

housing units representing 74%<br />

have been completed at Adzido,<br />

Kedzi and Vodza to house persons<br />

affected by the Keta Sea Defence<br />

Project.<br />

5. Adenta Regeneration Project<br />

(SHC Gardens)<br />

The Adenta Regeneration<br />

Project or the “SHC Gardens”<br />

involves the construction of 72<br />

housing units for middle income<br />

households. Preparatory works<br />

on the Regeneration projects at<br />

Lartebiokorshie, Kaneshie, Kanda<br />

and North Effiakuma are underway.<br />

6. New Labadi Villas Housing<br />

Project<br />

The Ghana Armed Forces as part<br />

of efforts to provide housing for its<br />

personnel, is currently constructing<br />

housing units at Labadi Villas in<br />

Burma Camp to house officers.

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