The Municipal Chief Executive of GA West, Clement Wilkinson and some investors from Canada have pledged to support Government’s National Rental Assistance Scheme with One million housing units.
This comes after the Government had launched the scheme on Tuesday January 31, 2023, in fulfilment of President Nana Akufo-Addo’s 2020 campaign promise to pay rent advance for needy Ghanaians.
Speaking on Wontumi Kasie on Wontumi Radio, Mr. Wilkinson noted that together with the investors, they are ready to build One million housing units across the country to support the scheme.
“I know many will question the feasibility of this project. However, once the provision of lands is made available, the materialization of the project wouldn’t be a hurdle at all. This is synonymous to the Gold for oil deal. This will be a Gold for housing deal”, he said.
Adding that currently Ghana’s housing deficit stands at about Two (2) million and hence when the implementation of the project will go a long way to drastically reduce this deficit.
According to the Vice President during the launch of the scheme, it is designed to make rental accommodation more accessible, affordable, and convenient by taking away the unfair burden faced by lower-income households and the youth across the country of multi-year rent advance payments demanded by landlords.
“We are looking forward to meeting the President, so that we could discuss this further and see how things would pan out if an agreement is reached,” Mr. Wilkinson stressed.