Government Unveils Portal for Submitting Queries on Affordable Housing

The government has set up a portal for Kenyans to submit queries on affordable housing.

State Department for Housing and Urban Development Principal Secretary Charles Hinga on Tuesday unveiled the portal, https://bomayangu.go.ke/frequently-asked-questions.

“On affordable housing, if you have any queries, kindly click on this page. Perhaps you’ll get an answer through the frequently asked questions tab,” he said.

Another option, according to the PS, is by writing directly to the department. He assured the public they will get a response.

The Housing Fund was proposed by President William Ruto, who stated that all salaried Kenyans would be required to pay an obligatory monthly payment equal to 3% of their gross income.

The employer will contribute equally to the fund under the affordable housing initiative, according to the president, who later emphasized that this is not a tax.

Since then, government employees and Azimio la Umoja leaders who have criticized the President for the fund’s methodology have come out strongly against it.

The politicians, led by Raila Odinga, said that some Kenyans already had homes and did not require being compelled to contribute to the Housing Fund.

Every year, Kenyans would receive 200,000 affordable housing units, according to President Ruto.