Housing plan unveiled for slum dwellers

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Two thousand slum families in Nairobi are expected to move into their new modern houses for which they will pay just Sh10 daily for five years. Through the help of Rockefeller Foundation, the families organised themselves into 49 groups each made up of 40 members and saved money to buy land. Ms Jane Weru of Akiba Mashinani Trust said Sh81 million was used to buy 23 acres in Mukuru slums for the construction of 3,000 units. Two thousand units are to be occupied by the slum dwellers and 1,000 sold under the project dubbed Greenfield Housing Project. The slum dwellers started raising money for the project in 2007. Each is required to pay Sh45,000 plus interest. In Katani Slum near Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, 700 dwellers have bought eight acres at Sh18 million and are hoping to build 1,000 units. In Nakuru, 170 slum dwellers are also involved in a modern housing project. read more: http://www.nation.co.ke/business/news/Housing+plan+unveiled+for+slum+dwellers+/-/1006/1257766/-/lrr64o/-/index.html