Challenges to Urban Housing Policies Implementation Efforts: The Case of Nairobi, Kenya

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2020

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Selcuk University Faculty of Architecture

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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess

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Purpose The arrival of native African communities from rural Kenya looking for opportunities led to population growth. Nairobi, therefore, has rapidly urbanized and sprawled 18 km2, and 688 km2 in 1900, and 1963 respectively. With population growth, housing demand has surpassed supply resulting in the housing crisis. The aim of this paper is to a) examine the policy and legal efforts put forward to address the housing problem in Nairobi, b) discuss the challenges to the urban housing policies implementation efforts, and c) make suggestions based on the findings of social, economic and infrastructural impacts of the intervention measures. Design/Methodology/Approach The research establishes that government efforts to address the housing problem through measures like urban migration restriction, employer housing, housing schemes, slum demolitions, and slum upgrading have not been successful due to challenges of land security tenure, gaps in policy enforcement, and compliance, insufficient public participation among others. Findings The paper makes appropriate suggestions to reform the policy approaches by focusing not only on housing aspects but economic, and land tenure reforms, and the extent of public involvement. Research Limitations/Implications The study analyses secondary sources including research articles, theses, and governments whose data were collected through primary methods like interviews, field observation, and administration of questionnaires. It, therefore, limited the findings in case of Nairobi. Practical Implications The study contributes to recommend that provision of the basic services be carried out in the slums alongside and economic empowerment programs to relieve the residents of financial poverty. Slum upgrading programs should therefore seek to impact the socio-economic lives of the slum dwellers. Originality/Value This study explores past and present efforts by different regimes and non-governmental organizations to give an answer to the housing crisis in Kenya. and the subsequent development of slums and informal settlements.

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Citizens Participation, Housing Demand, Housing Crisis, Housing Policies, İnformal Settlements, Vatandaş Katılımı, Konut Talebi, Barınma Krizi, Konut Politikaları, Gayriresmi Yerleşimler

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ICONARP International Journal of Architecture and Planning

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8

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Agayi, C. O., Karakayacı, Ö. (2020). Challenges to Urban Housing Policies Implementation Efforts: The Case of Nairobi, Kenya. Iconarp International Journal of Architecture and Planning, 8, 81-101.