The Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria (AHCN), have agreed on a joint mission in the delivery of affordable housing under the Renewed Hope Housing Programme of the present administration.
AHCN mission is to eradicate homelessness and provide descent and affordable housing for all Nigerians in safe environment.
This understanding was arrived at when the President and Chairman of Council, Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria (AHCN), Esv.Eno Obongha, led a delegation of members of the AHCN on a courtesy visit to the Ministry.
The Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria (AHCN) is an umbrella organization for all federal and state housing agencies, housing research institutes, mortgage establishments and private property developers.
AHCN members include; the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN), Federal Housing Authority (FHA) and Nigerian Building & Road Research Institute (NBRRI), etc. with all the 36 states Housing Agencies as members.
Minister Dangiwa told the association that the Renewed Hope Housing Programme was initiated to boost the stock of affordable housing in Nigeria and the Ministry will ensure completion of all and there will be no abandoned houses under the programme.
In addition, the minister assured on the use of quality local building materials products to deliver the houses that will be acceptable to Nigerians and to boost the local economy.
Accordingly, he stated that, despite the fact that the goal of the Renewed Hope Housing Programme was to provide affordable and accessible houses for all Nigerians, the Ministry would not allow the use of sub-standard building materials, emphasising that high quality building materials would be used to deliver the houses.
Arc Dangiwa expressed satisfaction with the Agric -Villages Scheme initiative of the Association, designed to acquire farm lands in rural areas in all states, using agriculture to drive housing provisions thereby creating job opportunities for jobless youths.
He assured them that the Agric -villages scheme will be incorporated into the National Social Housing Fund initiative which the ministry is also working to implement in order to provide access to affordable housing to low and none income Nigerians.
Speaking earlier, the President and Chairman of Council, Association of Housing Corporations of Nigeria, ESV. Eno Obongha told the Minister that AHCN desires to participate in the Renewed Hope Housing Agenda by providing about 15 hectares of land in each of the senatorial district for the development of housing in furtherance of the Renewed Hope Agenda of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
The association also solicited for the State Housing Corporations to obtain Housing Development Funds through the mortgages, and also seeks inclusion in executing housing projects under the Renewed Hope Housing Programme.
Surveyor Eno also suggested to the minister to ensure at least twenty percent of the building materials used in the Renewed Hope Agenda Projects are locally sourced.
Salisu Badamasi Haiba
Director Information and Public Relations
