The Kenya Mortgage Refinancing Company, is a mortgage liquidity facility established by Kenya’s National Treasury, with support from the World Bank. The main aim of …
About one third of South Africa’s residential property market was financed by the state through the national housing subsidy programme. What does this mean for …
In July 2018, government approved changes to the Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) which targets households in the ‘gap’ market—those who are too rich …
This is the fifth blog in a wider project exploring the role of housing in the economies of developing countries. CAHF’s Housing Economic Model is …
This is the fourth blog in a series covering the role of housing in the economies of developing countries, with a focus on South Africa. …
In simple terms data is a collection of facts or information that can be analysed to generate useful insights. Traditional research environments distinguish between …
In response to the report Analysis of the Housing Value Chain in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Patrick McAllister interviewed Christophe Côte to learn more …
The task of comparing housing affordability across different African countries is made more difficult because the cost of houses, and the incomes used to pay …
Rental markets will develop (and have developed) with or without data. However, data on rental markets provides a basis for evidence-led engagement on rental market …
Full-repairing, long term leases—whereby tenants are responsible for taking care of all repairs on the property—can be an effective tool to keep older residential buildings …
