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Richmond Juvenile Ehwi, Research Associate, University of Cambridge

Ghana's housing policy and regulation is failing - COVID proved as much

Affordable housing in Ghana is unavailable for most people Wikimedia Commons

Access to decent housing is a fundamental human right. Across sub-Saharan Africa, however, this right remains an elusive dream for many households.

In Ghana, for example, the government estimates a staggering deficit of 1.8 million homes. Many households don’t get basic services either: 28.6% rely on wells for water, over a third use public latrines and one in ten dispose of waste indiscriminately.

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