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    "id": 1222098,
    "url": "https://info.mzalendo.com/api/v0.1/hansard/entries/1222098/?format=api",
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    "type": "speech",
    "speaker_name": "Emurua Dikirr, UDA",
    "speaker_title": "Hon. Johana Kipyegon",
    "speaker": null,
    "content": " The Affordable Housing Programme is one of the priority areas listed. In the Government’s manifesto, Housing and Settlement is number three. The policy direction under priority number five is to deliver 250,000 homes. Presently, the market produces about 50,000 homes. The strategy is to deliver an additional 200,000 homes annually. In addition, the Government plans to restructure affordable long-term housing finance schemes, including the National Housing Fund and Cooperative Social Housing schemes that will guarantee off-take of houses from developers. This is expected to grow the number of mortgages from 50,000 to 1 million by enabling low-cost mortgage of 1 million and below. The Affordable Housing Programme has overarching objectives as follows: (i) Catalyse the affordable housing sector by undertaking projects on public land. (ii) Increase the number of mortgages from under 30,000 to 1 million. (iii) Integration of the Micro, Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (MSMEs), and the Jua Kali sector in the supply-chain using ring-fencing strategies. (iv) Creating opportunities for alternative action groups, especially projects where public land is utilised. (v) Creating local area employment opportunities for Kenyans where projects are allocated. Given the positive and additive impact the programme will have, the State Department for Housing and Urban Development through the Departmental Committee on Housing, Urban Planning and Public Works…"
}