African Housing Dynamics: Lessons from the Kenyan Market

This brief presents a review of the Kenyan housing market across 5 dimensions, namely: (i) demand and supply gap; (ii) access to finance; (iii) building technologies and related costs; (iv) real estate developers capacity; and (v) land, property and land off-site trunk infrastructure. The analysis conducted draws out the key impediments explaining housing dynamics and provides a backdrop against which private sector participation in the sector can be framed.