Discussions between the Ministry of Works and Housing, Ministry of Finance and State Housing Company Limited (SHCL) on the completion of these housing undertakings have been concluded.
Mr Samuel Atta Akyea, Minister of Works and Housing, said the Ministry has since transferred the three affordable housing sites to SHCL for completion.
“We should have affordable dwelling homes within 12 months,” Mr Atta Akyea, stated on Wednesday in Accra when he took his turn at the Meet the Press Series, which was organised by the Ministry of Information.
He said as part of efforts to address the housing deficit in the country, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Government in 2006 initiated the Government of Ghana Affordable Housing Programme with the objective of providing accommodation for the low-to-middle income workers of the country, creating jobs and improving incomes.
He said the project commenced in six locations namely: Borteyman – Accra, Kpone – Tema, Asokore Mampong – Kumasi, Koforidua, Tamale and Wa; these projects however, stalled in 2008.
The Minister said arrangements put in place by the previous government for the completion of the stalled affordable housing units had seen Social Security and National Insurance Trust (SSNIT) completing the 1,464 housing units at Borteyman and most recently, the 1,027 housing units at Asokore Mampong.