Making the elusive dream of home ownership for millions come true
The completed Affordable Housing project in Ngara along Park Road, Nairobi. The contractor handed over the houses to the government in October. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
Primary school teacher William Malalo dreams of becoming the first in his family to own a home.
The 45-year-old father of three was born and raised in Kawangware, a sprawling, low-income city estate in Kenya's capital Nairobi. He has rented small and often badly built and poorly serviced accommodation in the same neighborhood his entire life, paying too much for too little.
