02 / Housing
Affordable Housing Programme (Boma Yangu)
The Affordable Housing Programme (Boma Yangu) has scaled into one of Kenya's largest job-creating, social empowerment, and homeownership initiatives.
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Housing
~2,000
Units under construction, 2022
300,000+
Units under construction
300,000+
Affordable housing units under construction nationwide
10,107
Units completed since September 2022
1,162,554+
Kenyans registered on Boma Yangu (as of March 2026)
1.1M+
Jobs created across AHP construction sites
23,690
Institutional & staff housing units (incl. police)
KSh 11B
Ring-fenced for MSMEs & Jua Kali artisans
Key Achievements
- 300,000+ affordable housing units under construction nationwide, up from about 2,000 in 2022
- 10,107 housing units completed since September 2022
- 23,690 institutional housing units, including police houses, under construction
- 1,162,554+ Kenyans registered on Boma Yangu as of March 2026
- 7,236 successful allocations completed, with more ongoing
- 830+ modern markets underway or packaged for development
- 180,000+ bed capacity student hostels underway
- 1.1 million+ jobs created across AHP construction sites
- KSh 11 billion+ ring-fenced for MSMEs and Jua Kali in affordable housing and markets programs
- Inclusive workforce: 5% persons living with disabilities, 20%-30% women and 50% youth comprise the AHP workforce
- 5,500+ graduate interns working across AHP projects, with 10,000 interns targeted
- Jua Kali artisans account for 17.5%+ of AHP-reported labour, supplying critical construction inputs