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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

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SSA: UHSNET is a national membership based

• rganization 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

HOW WE WORK

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE

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Tenements

Dominant house type for more than 60% of HHs in Kampala

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE

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Space use during day

The Tenement/Muzigo

Space use during night

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE

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39% 61% Owns house Doesnot own house

61%

Majority of HHs are renting

House

• wnership

96% 4% Owns house (No mortgage) Owns house (Mortgage)

Uptake of mortgages for HH housing investments

4%

Very few HHs that own their houses used mortgages

Relying on rent as a housing product

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE

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50 100 150 200 40,000 and Below 50,000-90,000 100,000-140,000 150,000-190,000 200,000-240,000 250,000-290,000 300,000-340,000 400,000-440,000 450,000-490,000 500,000 and Above

Frequency

Cost of rent values and affordability

50,000- 90,000

Affordable rent price range for most HHs

10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 Every 3 months Every 6 months Every 12 months Every 2 years FREQUENCY

12 months

Rental values change mostly after a year

Rent values across the GKMA

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE

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75% 25% 50% 87% 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 Maya Mukono Kiira Nansana Ganda Gayaza Entebbe Buyale Ggaba kajjansi More than 10 years More than 3 but less than 10 years 1 to 3 years Less than 1 year

Duration of stay for HHs in specific localities

3 years

Maximum period that majority of renting HHs stay in a given locality

5 10 15 20 25 30 Maya Mukono Kiira Nansana Ganda Gayaza Entebbe Buyale Ggaba kajjansi More than 10 years more than 3 years but less than 10 years 1 to 3 years Less than 1year

Duration of stay for HHs in specific localities

10 years

Majority of house-owning HHs have lived in their current localities for more than 10 years

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE

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76% 18% 3% 2% 1% 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 less than 5 years between 5 and 9years Between 10 and 14 years Between 15 and 19 years More than 20 years

5 - 10 yrs

Average time to construct and complete a house for house-

• wning HHs

Housing investment timelines

60% 15% 25% Individually by HH head Only collectively by all members Collectively between senior members of the HH 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

Decision-making

• n housing

investment within HHs

60%

Decision-making is predominantly undertaken individually by HH heads

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE

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83% 7% 8% 1% 1% 20 40 60 80 100 Retail hardware stores Direct from factory Wholesale hardware stores Direct from factory outlets Others

PERCENTAGE

Sourcing of building materials

The largest proportion of HHs procure building materials from retail hardware stores

6% 6% 61% 1% 25% 1% Credit Hire Purchase Cash Barter Trade Credit and Cash Others

Modes of payment for building materials

Use of cash dominant payment mode for procuring building materials

HOW HOUSEHOLDS LIVE

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Average costs of 3- bedroom housing unit Activities Total Cost UGX USD* Foundation

• Site clearance; excavation of trenches; foundation/plinth walls;

and floor slab 8,200,000 2,300 17% Superstructure (walls)

• Raising walls; and lintel/ring beam

5,000,000 1,400 11% Roofing

• Galvanised steel roofing sheets; timber for purlins, rafters and

tie beams; and facia boards 12,200,000 3,400 26% 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

and manholes); and gutters 3,600,000 1,000 8% SUM TOTAL 47,000,000 13,200 100%

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• 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
• n healthy housing from different actors
• Capitalizing
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innovation and partnerships

• Detailed

risk management to direct housing development

HOUSING INVESTMENT CHRONICLES IN UGANDA

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