The trap is so common it has a name: house poor. The common definition of house poor is having a mortgage or rent payment that is too high relative to one’s income, cash flow or net worth.

The targeted population rent out those decent houses and build shanties for themselves, defeating the purpose of slum upgrading. The projects are expected to be among those that the President will ...

In the city’s Mukuru Kwa Reuben slums, one person died after being swept away by floods, with more than 500 residents being displaced in the different slums across Nairobi. Provided by SyndiGate ...

The Magnolia Mother’s Trust, which gave poor ... by House Bill 859 could certainly have an impact on our ability to manage such programs in a way that we deem most helpful to the city’s ...