Peace Ayebazibwe - Executive Director - Housing Finance Bank during the Barraza. Housing Finance Bank along with Next Media Services successfully closed the 4th Edition of the NBS Housing Baraza which took place from 24th – 25th November. The event held under the theme,” Building a Strong Housing Ecosystem: Partnering to
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By Natasha Koli-Muhire Universally, everyone has a right to adequate living standards, which includes housing. The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights obligates States to progressively achieve the full realization of the right to adequate housing. According to the OHCHR/UN-Habitat factsheet on The Right to Adequate Housing. States
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Housing Finance Bank says one can build a decent house from Shs30m upwards Housing Finance Bank Wednesday evening tipped Ugandans on how to achieve affordable housing. This was during a Twitter Spaces hosted jointly by the Bank and media personality, Moses Rudende. The discussion comes as statistics show that Uganda has
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Judith Nabakooba, the Minister for Lands Housing and Urban Development The ministry for Lands Housing and Urban Development with Habitat for Humanity have promised to build quality affordable houses in informal settlements in in different cities of Uganda. The move is aimed at solving the problem of poor housing in
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Richard Byarugaba (2nd Left-front row), the NSSF Managing Director, joined by officials from the Fund and the contractor, giving journalists a guided tour of the Temangalo housing project The National Social Security Fund (NSSF) has embarked on the construction of its mixed-use affordable housing project in Temangalo, Wakiso District. The project
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A photo montage of President Museveni (Left) and Housing Finance Bank Managing Director, Michael K. Mugabi President Yoweri Museveni is a witty person. During the launch of NSSF’s US$400m (UShs1.5 trillion) housing project in Lubowa on Thursday, the President sent guests into uncontrolled laughter after he sarcastically questioned the existence
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Housing Finance Bank senior management team poses for a picture with their stakeholders from Buganda Land Board, AFD, and Uganda Cooperative Alliance during the official launch of the Zimba Mpola Mpola Incremental Housing Loan in Bukalango. Housing Finance Bank has today launched the Incremental Housing Loan to unlock opportunities for
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L-R: Musa Jallow - Absa Retail Director, Karim Kawesa - MD Bakaima Real Estate Agents & Philbert Kirama - Bakaima Real Estate Agents Board Chairman. In a bid to help more people realise their dream of land and home ownership, Absa Bank Uganda has introduced land purchase loans. These
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A street view of London, UK. Kenyan buyers are spending an average of 210,000 pounds (Sh30.7 million) on a house in Birmingham, Manchester, London, Liverpool, and Leeds in the UK. PHOTO | SHUTTERSTOCK Kenya’s middle class and the ultra-rich have turned to the UK to buy houses for renting out
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Commercial banks are waiting for a go-ahead from retirement benefits schemes to start offering housing mortgage facilities secured against their savings. This as consultations between the benefits schemes and the government start with the aim of creating legal frameworks that enable them to operationalize the new development. In
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