The Ogun State Housing Corporation has said that it
is planning to deliver low and middle income housing estates across the state.
In a statement, the corporation said its flagship
scheme, Plainfields Estate, was already being developed as a community housing
prototype that would provide the citizens an opportunity to buy into its plan
over the next few years.
According to the statement, the estate will, upon
completion, have a variety of apartment units.
The statement read in part, “The corporation will
deliver houses and serviced plots across the three senatorial districts, but
will avoid a blanket approach.
“This means that these projects will be tailor-made
to suit the needs of the locality and the market. Everyone who has recognisable
means of livelihood in the formal and informal sectors is qualified to buy.
“However, the corporation is keen to help those who
need mortgages and who are first time buyers. Because our objective is to
encourage home ownership, the owner-occupier will always be our preferred
buyer. This is by no means a suggestion that the corporation’s estates are
being developed to the exclusion of others.
“In addition to this, the corporation will be
developing houses specifically for the low-income household.”
It added that the delivery of affordable housing
was one of the programmes of the Governor Ibikunle Amosun administration, while
investment in infrastructure remained a precursor to the delivery of new
communities, towns and cities.
“The housing corporation is completely in alignment
with this and is working with building technology providers, locally available
materials and the organised artisans’ community to make affordable housing
delivery a reality,” it stated.
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