Kenya’s affordable housing debate needs honesty, especially from built environment players and presidential advisors. The regime is pushing a strong rent-to-own, high-rise model, yet culturally most Kenyans still retire back to rural homes, not city apartments they’ll service for decades. So are we really building “forever homes,” or just temporary city stops?

Lifestyle reality shows that most Kenyans still resist high-density “dove-like” living in storey buildings, especially where privacy, space, and social comfort are limited.

Is the design user friendly? I don't think so because most of these “affordable” units if not all, are walk-ups with no lifts, meaning:

:-elderly residents struggle daily

:-sick or injured occupants are trapped

:-mothers with young children are overburdened

So what exactly are we calling “affordable”? Price alone?

I'm convinced the low mortgage uptake isn’t demand based but a mismatch between policy design, Kenyan culture, and basic human needs. Because a housing model that ignores how people actually live will always struggle, no matter how many units are built. While you temporarily live like doves with your family in urban flats and apartments, please consider building your dream and retirement home. At veldonconstruction.ltd,we've got your back.