The Minister of Housing and Urban Development, Arc Ahmed Musa Dangiwa, stated that the Federal Government has awarded contracts for the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates in 12 states, consisting two from each geopolitical zone.
The minister made the disclosure at a meeting with members of the Renewed Hope Multipurpose Cooperative Society Limited at his office, according to available information on the Ministry’s website, on Wednesday.
He disclosed that contractors have been mobilized to sites to construct a minimum of 250 affordable and sustainable houses in 1, 2, and 3-bedroom configurations.
Dangiwa informed that, “We have already awarded the contract for the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates in 12 states nationwide, two states per geo- political zone and contractors have already been mobilized on sites to build a minimum of 250 houses that are affordable and organic in 1,2,3 bedrooms.”
He assured cooperative society members of the Federal Government ‘s commitment to facilitating their ownership of houses within the planned 50,000 housing units of the Renewed Hope Cities and Estates program, while pointing out the option for cooperative society members to participate in the National Housing Programme, which has delivered houses in over 20 states.
The initiative, Renewed Hope Cities and Estates program, led by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s administration, aims to address Nigeria’s housing deficit by delivering 100,000 housing units nationwide.
Tinubu launched the first phase of the program with the construction of 3,112 housing units in Karsana District, Phase 3, Federal Capital Territory, slated to provide 50,000 houses out of the total 100,000 nationwide.
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