Habitat for Humanity Uganda, Ministry of Lands set Housing Symposium for 7th October
Drake Nyamugabwa
The Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development (MLHUD) is has partnered with Habitat for Humanity Uganda (HFHU) to host the 2022Housing Symposium as part of the celebrations to mark World Habitat Day which falls on Friday, 7th October 2022 in parallel to the Uganda Housing Symposium at Speke Resort Munyonyo aimed at discussing practical solutions to affordable housing.
The theme of the symposium is: “Affordable and inclusive housing solutions for all.”
The symposium is expected to attract participants ranging from national and international leaders of key organizations, government officials, kingdom representatives, property developers, real estate investors, regulators academia, manufacturers, financiers, contractors among others.
Hon. Judith Nabakooba, the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development while addressing the media in Kampala said that Uganda is currently faced with a housing deficit of approximately 2.4million units which has to be addressed from a multi-sectoral approach by mobilizing both formal and non-formal housing finance for affordable housing by all sector players.
Over the years, Habitat for Humanity has been committed to mobilizing partners, volunteers and community members across Uganda and beyond to find the solutions and help create the policies that will improve home affordability for millions of individuals.
Mr.Robert Otim, pictured above, the National Director of Habitat for Humanity Uganda said that the goal of the Uganda Housing Symposium is to provide a sector-wide platform for showcasing innovations that support access to descent, affordable and inclusive housing while also addressing affordability, habitability, tenure security though a collaborative arrangement with all the stakeholders.
“At the Uganda Housing Symposium, will show case housing innovations and best practices across Africa and improve sector wide learning, our objective is to enable more Ugandans access low cost housing and live decently,” he said.
He further added that Habitat for Humanity will soon launch the rural model house that was built with interlocking soil stabilized blocks and also launch the urban prototype.
“These 2 houses cost UGX 18,000,000 and UGX 32,000,000 respectively, these are some of the approaches that we as an organization are using to increase and enable more Ugandans to access low-cost housing,” he said.
