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Kenya’s public housing completions and construction pipeline in 2025
Kenya reported 7,148 completed public residential units in 2025. At the end of the year, a separate count showed 205,311 units under construction across affordable, institutional, social and National Housing Corporation projects.
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The affordable housing category accounted for about 67% of units under construction at the end of 2025.
Completions rose from a low 2024 base
The two public bodies reported 1,655 completed units in 2024 and 7,148 in 2025. The state department accounted for 6,738 of the later total and the National Housing Corporation accounted for 410. The five annual observations show that completions vary substantially from one year to the next. Source 1
The pipeline had four categories
The affordable housing category contained 138,474 units under construction. Social housing accounted for 53,350 and institutional housing for 12,709. The National Housing Corporation had another 778 under construction. The categories show which programmes contributed to the stock at the reporting date. Source 1
The value and unit shares differ
Affordable housing represented about two-thirds of units and more than three-quarters of estimated construction cost in the pipeline. A higher cost share can reflect project size, location, infrastructure and building specifications. The aggregate rows cannot identify the cost of an individual home. Source 1
Track completed units separately from the pipeline
Completion figures count homes reported during the year. The pipeline measures homes still being built at the end of that year, including projects that can take multiple years. To track delivery across time, compare completion figures by year and use project records to follow what moved out of the pipeline. Source 1