Transcript International Housing Association

HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TANZANIA
STATE OF THE HOUSING INDUSTRY
IN TANZANIA
(IHA MEETING- 1ST -4TH NOV.2016)
IHA Secretariat
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COUNTRY: TANZANIA
NAME OF ORGANIZATION: HABITAT FOR HUMANITY TANZANIA (HFHT)
1- ORGANIZATION OVERVIEW:
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HFHT is a registered NGO under Societies Ordinance.
HFHT is affiliated with Habitat for Humanity International, which is an
ecumenical Christian housing ministry with objective of eliminating housing
poverty globally
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HFHT started its operation in 1986, where it was building houses for low
income earners.
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In 2009 HFHT started a housing microfinance program known as Makazi
Bora, in which loans are issued to low and medium income households for
housing improvement and incremental construction
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Makazi Bora program has benefited more than 5,000 households.
2- HOUSING ECONOMIC STATISTICS
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:
Starts:
- Single Family
- Multifamily
Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
(USD Billions)
GDP Growth
GDP Per Capita (USD)
House Price Index
Consumer Price Index
Unemployment
Home Mortgage Interest Rate
Home Ownership Rate
Population Growth/Net
Percentages:
NA
NA
Numbers:
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NA
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7.9%
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N/A
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10.3%
19%
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3.02%
44.9
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842.44
108.82
103.05
N/A
N/A
NA
NA
3. HOUSING NEEDS IN TANZANIA
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The Housing demand in Tanzania is estimated to be 3,000,000 units with projected
annual growth of 200,000 units.
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Besides the quantitative needs, the quality of houses for most of low income
households is very low.
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HFHT addresses the housing needs in Tanzania through provision of loans in order
to enable households to construct their houses incrementally or improve their existing
houses in stages as they cannot get lumpsum amount of money to have complete and
decent houses at once.
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4. SOCIAL HOUSING IN TANZANIA
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Social Housing in Tanzania existed as far back as late1960s and 1970s
In that time the government had initiatives of removing houses that were regarded to be
of “very poor quality” through project namely “slum clearance”
 The initiatives did not go beyond 1982 due to incapacity of the government to provide
more subsidies in housing sector
In 1990 the registrar of building was restructured and National housing corporation
(NHC) was formed so to enter into the housing market competition.
Currently, the government is providing incentives to expand housing services through
various institutions including the Tanzania Housing Corporation (NHC). However, the
acquisition of houses from NHC is not regarded as a social because the houses are sold
on the basis of costs involved.
 Housing services in Tanzania, in additional to NHC, are provided by other bodies
including private companies and parastatal organizations.
Banks /Mortgage Companies and other financial institutions are providing loans in the
housing sector. However most of low income households are not able to qualify for
mortgaged loans. Microfinance institutions serve these households, though loans are
mostly on short term basis.
In this view, we observe that currently, Tanzania has no social housing projects.
5. THE ROLE OF GOVERNMENT AND OTHER STAKEHOLDERS
IN DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL HOUSING IN TANZANIA
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The government has played a role of motivating other players to play in the
housing sector
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Due to high need of housing in the country and low income levels of most
households, more engagement of the government is certainly very much
needed
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The role of non-governmental organization is also very critical; this may
include subsidization of housing costs, provision of technical support,
dissemination of housing needs information (like prices of building materials,
information on sources of funding) and lobbying for better housing policies.
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Collaboration among various stakeholders in the housing industry is also
important. (For example, Tanzania Housing Microfinance Working Group)
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THANK YOU.
IHA Secretariat