Tag Archives: affordable housing

In the United States alone, more than 125 million plastic bottles are discarded each day, 80 percent of which end up in a landfill. This waste could potentially be diverted and used to construct nearly 10,000, 1200-square-foot homes (taking in consideration it takes an average of 14,000 plastic bottles to build a home that size). Many believe this process could be ...

Lasgidi, city of hustlers where everyone seems to be sprinting on an imaginary track yet there are no spectators or even track officials.  In Lagos, it is the survival of the fittest, if you don’t fit in, you will end up in a fix. One of the most back-breaking means of survival is finding affordable housing with good living conditions though ...

Improving on efforts to deliver more affordable housing units and reducing the housing deficit in the country, the Federal Government of Nigeria has taken a giant step by collaborating with an estate development agency. The Federal Government of Nigeria and BASAP Ventures International Limited/ JS Neoplans & Artemis Angel Global Limited on Tuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the ...

The Federal Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development has said it has reduced housing deficit, improved quality of houses and increased affordability of houses in Nigeria. According to an interview with Daily Trust last week, the Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development, Mrs Akon Eyakenyi pointed out that in the last four years, the ministry has provided 61,000 ...

Apparently worried by the high cost of housing delivery in Nigeria, the Federal Government has begun to woo key players and stakeholders in the public and private sectors of the economy with concessions and waivers that would enable them provide affordable housing to millions of homeless Nigerians. Indications to this effect emerged last week at one-day pre- summit for the ...

Everywhere in Lagos, a striking picture of insufficient housing stares all in the face. From the stilts erected on the Lagos la­goon to the overcrowded houses in Idu­mota, Mushin, Agege and other densely populated areas of the metropolis, a huge gap exists in housing needs. No doubt, owning a home is probably the most important achievement for any individual in ...

My company, Realty Point Limited, has proven that affordable housing can be achieved by the middle class and lower income earners in the society that have the strong desire to own a house. The thousands of Nigerians that own houses in the seven estates we developed with our proven strategies of buying or building quality cheap housing are no fluke. ...