
Housing finance deficit deepens homeownership crisis
…as stakeholders demand new funding models
Wisdom JONNY-NUEKPE
Ghana’s housing challenge is increasingly a housing finance crisis, with stakeholders at the National Conference on Housing Finance calling for innovative funding models to make homeownership more accessible for low- and middle-income households.
Published by Juliet Etefe
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