UN expert Koldo Casla urges Ghana to reform its housing sector, resourcing the Rent Control Department to stop arbitrary price hikes and protect urban renters, while recomending the use of sustainable, local materials to build truly affordable public housing and protect Ghana's working-class families.
President John Dramani Mahama has directed the Minister of Finance to allocate GH¢1 billion in the upcoming 2027 Budget to anchor a new GH¢3 billion revolving National Housing Fund. Announced at the maiden National Conference on Housing Finance in Accra, this milestone initiative aims to tackle Ghana’s 1.8 million housing deficit by expanding credit access, funding affordable projects, and introducing the Easy Rent programme to provide manageable monthly rent advances for Ghanaian workers.
President John Mahama’s personal account on his early marital struggles with landlords has reignited national debate over Ghana’s rent advance crisis. Highlighting the intense financial pressure of 2-to-3-year rent advances and hidden agent fees, hence calls for strict enforcement of the Rent Act and greater state investment in affordable housing.
