The Nairobi County government has announced plans to renovate seven estates from next month.
County Housing minister Charles Kerich said the estates have been earmarked for construction of low-cost houses.
The estates include Old and New Ngara, Jeevanjee, Suna Road, Ngong Road, Bachelors Quarters and Pangani.
“We will start with Pangani estate next month. It has already been awarded to Technofin as the developer and SS Malonza as the consultant,” said Mr Kerich.
The government will only provide money for construction with landowners holding shares in the stake.
The developers will then be expected to build houses that range between Sh1 million and Sh3 million, but not Sh6 million as some of the houses that had already been designed cost.
“This is what an ordinary Nairobian might be able to afford over a long period of time. The ones that will remain with the county can either be made available for rent or low-cost housing for people to buy through our tenant purchase scheme. Some will also be made available for our staff to buy,” he said.
Provisional of affordable housing is part of President Uhuru's Kenyatta big four agenda.