The government starts selling houses constructed under the AHP

The government has started selling houses constructed under the affordable housing programme in Nairobi, Machakos, Embu, Kiambu and Kisumu counties.

In Nairobi’s Park Road units, there are 30 1- bedroom units which will cost Sh. 1.5 million each. Each of the houses has been built on a plinth of 30 square metres.

Each of the 112,  two-bedroom units standing on a 40-square metre plinth will go for  Sh 2 million while each of the 176 units of two-bedroom houses made on a 60-square metre plinth will cost Sh 3 million.

Other houses available on Park Road are 230 three-bedroom houses made on a 60 and 80-square metre plinth area, which will go for Sh 3.5 million and Sh 4 million each, respectively.

“The Park Road housing project has been developed under AHP and the total number of units in the project is 1,370. Some of the units will be sold to civil servants while the rest have been reserved for other citizens,” Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles Hinga said in a statement.

A parking silo has been provided in the project and a unit parking space will be purchased separately at Sh 390,000.

The Embu, Kiambu, Machakos and Kisumu projects have been financed by Civil Servants Housing Scheme Fund (CSHSF) with the Kiambu, Embu and Machakos housing projects being at an advanced stage of completion.

“These projects will be ready this year while that of Kisumu is complete and about 50% of the units sold. In Embu, the 80 units of two-bedroom houses built on 70 square metre plinth area will go for Sh 3.5 million each while 140 units of three-bedroom houses with a master en suite, made on a 90-plinth area, will be sold at Sh 4.8 million each,” he said.

In Machakos, there are 100 units of two-bedroom houses made on 66 square metre plinth going for Sh3.3 million while another 100 units of three-bedroom master en suite houses made on 88 square metre plinth will be sold at Sh4.3 million.

Kiambu has 75 one-bedroom houses going for Sh2.3 million each, 48 units of two-bedroom homes worth Sh 4  million each and 70 units of three-bedroom master en suite houses going for Sh 5.4 million each.

In Kisumu, there are 20 units of one-bedroom houses, which are to be sold at Sh2.3 million each, 120 units of two-bedroom houses at Sh 3.6 million and 70 units of three-bedroom houses with master en suite, each going for Sh5.4 million.

“Interested serving civil servants are invited to apply for the houses commensurate with their grades,” said the PS.

Completed application forms should be returned on or before April 28 with the required minimum deposit of 10% of purchase price