Sitting on a pile of concrete slabs, and sipping from a bottle of water, Jibril is very excited to finally take off his safety helmet and talk about the opportunity of earning a decent living after about a year without work. A graduate of engineering, Jibril is one of the thousands employed on Family Homes…
One of the most pressing needs in Nigeria is housing. We have, in recent times, borne witness to the rise of informal settlements in unsafe environments and a rapidly increasing rate of homelessness. For most average families – surviving on a meagre income – the dream of owning their own homes seem a distant and…
Family Homes Funds affordable housing projects comprising of 3,820 homes have advanced to levels that are inspiring hope for the communities and would-be beneficiaries in Bauchi and Yobe states. Recently, the Managing Director of Family Homes Funds, Femi Adewole and his team embarked on a 4-day trip to Kano, Bauchi and Yobe where the organization…
About 1,000 artisans and craftsmen from the 17 local government areas of Yobe state have benefited from a capacity development and skills acquisition Programme organized by the state government in partnership with Family Homes Funds. The training which is an effort to bridge the skills gap caused by ageing skilled artisans in Yobe and to…
As the National Social Housing Programme (NSHP) that plans to build 300,000 houses affordable houses for low-income earners across the country continues to gain momentum, more states are signing up for the programme. The latest is Enugu state which has provided up to 60 hectares of land in Agbamere Eha-Alumona for the programme. The National…
Ebonyi state has become the latest state to show interest in the National Social Housing Programme (NSHP) that plans to build 300,000 affordable houses for low-income earners across the country. At least 10 hectares have been provided by the state in Umuobuna, Uburu, Ohaozara local government area and zone 12, centenary city, Abakaliki for this…
The first phase of the development of 2,500 housing units in Bauchi state by Family Homes Funds will be ready for occupiers in May 2021. Project reports confirm that 1,220 units of the total 2,500 units across sites in Dungal, Misau and Azare in Bauchi are currently at about 80 percent, while landscaping and infrastructure…
In Malkohi, Yola South local government area of Adamawa state, project contractors have been mobilized and have begun the construction of 1,000 units’ affordable houses for low- and middle-income earners in the state. Financed by Family Homes Funds and developed on a 92.44ha of land, the project will house 1,000 units of 350 3-Bedroom Bungalow…
Family Homes Funds Limited has reached an agreement with Solar Home System Providers to provide off-grid solar power to all houses under the National Social Housing Programme (NSHP). The off-grid power arrangement which will provide affordable access to power for the low-income beneficiaries is also one of the components of the Federal Government’s Economic Sustainability…
With the task to implement the Nigeria government’s National Social Housing Programme (NSHP), Family Homes Funds has struck partnership with Africa’s largest cement producers, Dangote Cement to deliver 300,000 affordable houses in the Federal Capital Territory and 36 states of the country. Following a series of management meetings between both parties, Dangote Cement has now…