General News of Wednesday, 17 April 2019Source: ghananewsagency.orgMinistry of Works and Housing inaugurates Housing CommitteeSamuel Atta Akyea, Minister, Works and HousingThe Ministry of Works and Housing on Tuesday inaugurated a 16-member National Housing Committee in Accra to develop guidelines for the implementation of the national mortgage and housing finance scheme. No wonder we are struggling with a housing deficit which is now in excess of two million housing units,” he said. This, he said, was to increase access to adequate, safe, secure and affordable housing for the citizenry. Mr Solomon A. Asoalla, the Chief Director of the Ministry of Works and Housing, said the Committee was expected to commence work in April, 2019 and work towards implementation of the affordable housing project until October 2020. He said government intended to develop a primary mortgage and housing finance market by implementing initiatives to deepen the local currency mortgage and residential housing finance market using banking and capital markets.

Source: GhanaWeb April 16, 2019 18:56 UTC