Introduction
The County Government of Nakuru is committed to creating a well-regulated and inclusive housing sector. Our housing policies and regulations ensure orderly development, affordability, safety, and sustainability in the housing environment.
✅ Why Housing Policy & Regulation Matters?
- 📜 Promotes Legal Housing Development – Encourages compliance with planning and building standards.
- 🧱 Supports Affordable Housing – Enables frameworks for low-cost housing development.
- 🛡️ Protects Tenant and Developer Rights – Ensures fair practices in tenancy and property transactions.
- 🌍 Encourages Sustainable Building – Incorporates green technologies and materials into housing guidelines.
- 🏗️ Improves Urban Planning – Aligns housing development with land use and infrastructure plans.
🏠 Best Features of Our Housing Framework
Harmonized with national urban housing strategies.
Collaboration in housing delivery and regulation.
Accessible policies for developers, landlords, and tenants.
Open frameworks for approvals, inspections, and dispute resolution.
Training for stakeholders on rights, responsibilities, and compliance.
🖼️ Housing Policy & Regulation Gallery
Housing Policy in Action
Regulation & Compliance Oversight
Guiding sustainable and inclusive housing developments across all urban zones. 🏙️📜
Ensuring housing standards, safety, and legal development practices countywide. 🛡️📏
Housing Infrastructure and Slum Upgrading
The County Government of Nakuru is committed to promoting inclusive, safe, and dignified living environments. Through strategic investment in affordable housing and the upgrading of informal settlements, we aim to provide quality shelter, basic services, and improved infrastructure for all residents.
🧩 Why Affordable Housing & Slum Upgrading Are Important?
- 🧍♂️ Improves Quality of Life – 🛏️ Ensures access to decent shelter and basic amenities.
- 📈 Reduces Urban Inequality – 🌇 Narrows housing disparities and promotes inclusive development.
- 🛠️ Upgrades Informal Settlements – 🛤️ Enhances infrastructure, roads, drainage, and sanitation in vulnerable areas.
- 👨👩👧👦 Strengthens Community Stability – 🛡️ Fosters secure tenure and integrated community development.
- 🌍 Supports Urban Sustainability – 🌱 Aligns with national housing goals and global urban strategies.
🏆 Best Features of Our Housing & Upgrading Initiatives
🏘️ Safe, cost-effective homes for low- and middle-income families
Department of Lands, Housing and Physical Planning is cognizant of the need to provide the people with quality, affordable, secure and houses. Houses that also give the people dignified sanitation services. The department is working together with stakeholders to rehabilitate county estate houses, most of which are dilapidated. Other initiatives geared towards provision of affordable and quality houses include partnership with the World Bank through its project dubbed Developing Partnerships to Deliver Affordable Housing as well as the domestication of the national program for slum upgrading.
💡 Access to water, sanitation, and electricity in target areas.
🗣️ Involves residents in design, implementation, and maintenance.
🧭 Informed by mapping and needs assessments.
🏞️ Upgrades roads, footpaths, lighting, and drainage infrastructure.
🏙️ Affordable Housing and Slum Upgrading Gallery
Affordable Housing Developments
🏚️ Slum Upgrading in Action
A vibrant gallery showcasing Modern homes built for dignity, safety, and inclusive urban living.✨📸🏠
Infrastructure uplift: lighting, roads, drainage, and clean water access improved.✨📸🏠
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