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New apartments for vulnerable residents in the environs of Mpazi drainage in Gitega and Kimisagara sectors in Nyarugenge District, constructed as part of City of Kigali's efforts to upgrade inform settlement. Bahizi
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Projects in pipeline to build 15,000 affordable houses within six years

Wednesday, June 21, 2023
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Housing

Over 650 households displaced by River Mukungwa floods to be relocated

Friday, June 09, 2023
Some housing units at Riverside Estate in Nyarugenge District. BRD revealed reforms to the affordable housing programme, allowing more Rwandans to access low-interest loans and achieve homeownership. Bahizi
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BRD explains new changes to affordable housing guidelines

Friday, June 09, 2023
Residents at a temporary accommodation site for people who were affected by disasters on May 3 in Rubavu District. The disasters killed 135 and over 6000 houses were destroyed countrywide.
Housing

Disasters: Govt to build model villages for displaced families

Thursday, June 08, 2023
Delegates during a guided tour of the newly inaugurated French owned Isange Estate at Rebero in Kigali. Canadian investors are among those who have expressed interest in a project to construct 1,250 affordable houses in Ndera Sector. Photo: File.
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Foreign investors eye Rwanda’s affordable housing scheme

Tuesday, May 30, 2023
New appartments to accommodate residents of Gitega Sector who live near Mpazi drainage. Photo by Craish Bahizi
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Kigali needs 18,000 affordable houses annually

Friday, May 26, 2023
Some of housing units at Riverside Estate in Nyarugenge District. Government needs to invest in a social rental housing program to provide affordable accommodation for individuals earning up to Rwf200,000 per month. Courtesy
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Govt mulls direct investment in low-cost housing projects

Thursday, May 25, 2023
One of the newly constructed housing units at Isange Estates at Rebero in Kicukiro district on July 29, 2022. File
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Developers: Cost of borrowing, land responsible for high housing prices

Wednesday, May 24, 2023
Urukumbuzi Estate, commonly known as 'Kwa Dubai,' in the Kinyinya sector of Gasabo District. The Gasabo primary court on Tuesday, May 16, denied bail to four people involved in the case of the estate. Courtesy
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'Kwa Dubai' estate owner, former Gasabo officials denied bail

Tuesday, May 16, 2023
A section of houses at the Urukumbuzi Estate commonly known as Kwa Dubai, an affordable housing development in Kinyinya, in Kigali. Homeowners have been asked to vacate the houses to pave way for renovation. Courtesy
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Engineers’ body decries limited involvement in monitoring of construction works

Friday, May 12, 2023
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Housing

'Kwa Dubai' estate case bail hearing adjourned

Monday, May 08, 2023
One of thousands of houses that were damaged by the recent disasters Rubavu District.Overall, Nsanzineza said that 3,006 houses were completely destroyed, while 3,200 were damaged by the disasters -- bringing the total to 6,206 houses. All photos by Olivier Mugwiza
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Disasters: Housing Authority needs Rwf30bn to build 3,000 destroyed houses

Monday, May 08, 2023
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Suspects in ‘Kwa Dubai’ estate case to be arraigned

Saturday, May 06, 2023
Areas that were considered high-risk zones have to be made safe though upgraded construction projects and organised settlements with basic infrastructure to reduce vulnerability
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Over 27,000 houses in high-risk zones - CoK

Wednesday, April 19, 2023
A section of houses at the Urukumbuzi Estate commonly known as Kwa Dubai, an affordable housing development in Kinyinya, in Kigali. Homeowners have been asked to vacate the houses to pave way for renovation. Courtesy
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Kwa Dubai: Homeowners to be relocated to pave way for renovation

Monday, April 17, 2023
Some of the housing units at Urukumbuzi Real Estate known as 'Kwa Dubai' where one of houses recently collapsed due to substandard workmanship in Kinyinya Sector, Gasabo District. According to a report by Rwanda Housing Authority, the structures of occupied units were not firm as per the concrete compressive strength tests done. Courtesy.
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‘Kwa Dubai’: 2017 report raised red flags about housing quality

Wednesday, April 12, 2023
Umubano Hotel in Kacyiru in Kigali. According to the owners renovation works of the Hotel into Mövenpick Hotel are expected to start mid this year, Sam Ngendahimana
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Renovation of Umubano Hotel to kick off mid-year 

Tuesday, March 14, 2023
Inmates at Nyarugenge Prison in Kigali. Rwanda is planning to roll-out halfway social reintegration centres for incarcerated persons that are about to complete their sentences. Photo by Craish Bahizi
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Rwanda to roll-out halfway homes for prisoners on verge of completing sentences

Monday, January 16, 2023
A landscape view of Kigali City's residential area. Plots of lands in Kigali that recently turned into residential zones but have not yet acquired basic infrastructure to facilitate planned settlement are likely to be exempted from paying taxes. Sam Ngendahimana
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Why some plots of land in Kigali will be exempt from tax

Thursday, January 12, 2023
Esperance Mukamana, Director General, National Land Authority, said that residents will start applying for the electronic land titles beginning Monday, January 9, through the Authority’s website.Courte
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Electronic land title: What is the process of getting one

Sunday, January 08, 2023