Mwangaza Affordable Housing Development Project

Sabreehna S. Essien, MPH

Abstract

Taita Taveta County has 250,000 plus population.  It is 150 km Northeast of Mombasa and 300 km southeast of Nairobi with the capital being Mwatate. Mwatate is the fourth largest city in the county with a total population of 56,365 and 3,386 in urban areas. The county is 17,083 km with 11,000 km making up Tsavo East and Tsavo West National Parks. The terrain is flat, hot climate, and has a main highway trucking route from Tanzania to the central city of Voi.

Project Objectives

ND Art Studios main goal is:

 Provide affordable housing to families living in the Taita Taveta District. Thus, providing a viable solution to families in crisis facing homelessness or lacking adequate living facilities.

ND Art Studios objectives are listed below:

  1. Build One and Two-Bedroom Flats.

            Our team will lead out in the construction of the housing development, managing and leasing of the homes. Our Regional Coordinator will facilitate and monitor our management team (Property Manager and Leasing Agents) and report to the Executive Board.

  • Provide Employment

            Our construction team will hire locally. The job opportunities are laborers, landscapers, and leasing agents. Once the homes are built and families moved in, our management team will provide financial advice, work-shops for new home owners, manage the property and the maintenance crew will aid throughout the housing development.

  • Build Green Facilities

We will contract a Solar Power company to build solar grids for each home, build water tank towers for each home, and create a recycling program for the housing development.

Detailed Project Description

Mwatate, capital city of Taita Taveta District, is the area our team will build 100 homes to start, 50 one bedrooms and 50 two-bedroom flats. Each home will be built on a ½ acre plot, have solar paneling installed, large water tank, paved patio, paved parking. The one-bedroom homes 300×12 square feet or 334.5 square meters. The two-bedroom homes 600×24 square feet or 1,337.8 square meters.

Item 1A: Map of Taita Taveta District and Mwatate location for housing development

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Published by Sabreehna S. Essien, MPH

A Native to the Pacific Northwest, Sabreehna is American with Kenyan descent. Sabreehna holds a Master of Public Health and is a small business owner. She currently studies Marriage Family Therapy at Northcentral University and graduates in 2024. Sabreehna is a wife and mother of two boys. Sabreehna enjoys a good book, travel, fashion, nature hikes, and time with her husband and children. Sabreehna dreams of building schools, health clinics, community centers, and affordable housing in rural parts of Africa.

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