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Uganda Housing Investment Chronicles: lessons from how households live Dorothy Baziwe Shelter and Settlements Alternatives: Uganda Human Settlements Network

SHELTER AND SETTLEMENTS ALTERNATIVES: UGANDA HUMAN SETTLEMENTS NETWORK SSA: UHSNET is a national membership based HOW WE WORK organization promoting adequate human settlements through joint action and partnerships between various actors at different levels. Our core activities include: - Advocacy and lobbying - Community empowerment and networking - Research and demonstration - Information sharing - Consultancy 2 75% 25% 50% 87%

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE Tenements Dominant house type for more than 60% of HHs in Kampala 75% 25% 50% 87% 3

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE The Tenement/Muzigo Space use during night Space use during day 4

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE 4% 39% Uptake of House mortgages for ownership HH housing investments 4% 61% 61% Very few HHs Majority of that own their HHs are houses used renting mortgages 96% 75% 25% 50% 87% Owns house (No mortgage) Owns house (Mortgage) Owns house Doesnot own house 5

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE Relying on rent as a housing product 100 Rent values across Cost of rent 90 500,000 and Above the GKMA values and 80 450,000-490,000 affordability 70 400,000-440,000 50,000- 300,000-340,000 60 90,000 FREQUENCY 250,000-290,000 50 Affordable rent 200,000-240,000 40 price range for 150,000-190,000 most HHs 30 100,000-140,000 12 months 20 50,000-90,000 Rental values change mostly 10 40,000 and Below after a year 75% 25% 50% 87% 0 Frequency 0 50 100 150 200 Every 3 months Every 6 months Every 12 months Every 2 years 6

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE Duration of stay kajjansi kajjansi Duration of stay for HHs in specific Ggaba Ggaba for HHs in specific localities Buyale localities Buyale Entebbe Entebbe Gayaza Gayaza 10 years Ganda 3 years Ganda Nansana Majority of house-owning Nansana HHs have lived in their Kiira Maximum period that current localities for more majority of renting HHs stay Kiira Mukono than 10 years in a given locality Maya Mukono 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 Maya More than 10 years more than 3 years but less than 10 years 75% 25% 50% 87% 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 1 to 3 years Less than 1year More than 10 years More than 3 but less than 10 years 1 to 3 years Less than 1 year 7

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE Housing More than 20 years 1% investment Collectively between senior members of 25% the HH timelines Decision-making Between 15 and 19 years 2% on housing 60% 5 - 10 yrs investment within Decision-making is HHs Average time to predominantly Between 10 and 14 years collectively by all members 3% 15% undertaken construct and complete a individually by HH heads house for house- between 5 and 9years 18% owning HHs Individually by HH head Only 60% less than 5 years 76% 75% 25% 50% 87% 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 8

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE Modes of Sourcing of Others 1% payment for Others 1% building building materials materials Credit and Cash 25% Direct from factory outlets 1% The largest Barter Trade 1% Wholesale hardware stores 8% proportion of HHs procure building materials from retail Cash 61% Direct from factory 7% hardware stores Use of cash dominant Hire Purchase 6% Retail hardware stores 83% payment mode for procuring building materials 0 20 40 60 80 100 Credit 6% 75% 25% 50% 87% PERCENTAGE 9

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE Average costs of 3- Activities Total Cost bedroom housing unit UGX USD* • Site clearance; excavation of trenches; foundation/plinth walls; Foundation 8,200,000 2,300 17% and floor slab • Superstructure (walls) Raising walls; and lintel/ring beam 5,000,000 1,400 11% • Roofing Galvanised steel roofing sheets; timber for purlins, rafters and 12,200,000 3,400 26% tie beams; and facia boards • Doors and windows Prefabricated steel windows and doors 8,200,000 2,300 17% • Finishes Floor screed; wall plastering; and wall painting 5,000,000 1,400 11% • Ceiling Plastering ( Engalama ) 2,000,000 600 5% • Electrical works Electrical wiring; and electrical fixture 2,800,000 800 6% • Plumbing works Internal plumbing; external plumbing (septic tanks, soak pits 3,600,000 1,000 8% and manholes); and gutters 10 SUM TOTAL 47,000,000 13,200 100%

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE • Harmonizing the policy and regulatory frameworks across sectors • Interacting with formal and informal institutions of land: confidence to improve housing • Collate and consolidate existing data sets on healthy housing from different actors • Capitalizing on innovation and partnerships • Detailed risk management to direct housing development 75% 25% 50% 87% 11

HOUSING INVESTMENT CHRONICLES IN UGANDA 75% 25% 50% 87% 12