Enhancing the welfare and living standards of every Gambian
“Transforming the Housing landscape of The Gambia region by region and one estate at a time”
HOUSING
Our focus on Housing will be on access, equality, and affordability. We shall institute a Housing Policy that would outline our plans and aspirations for housing and this policy shall take cue from the housing policies of Singapore.
To learn from the successes of the Singapore Housing Development Board (HDB), we will establish a bilateral relationship with Singapore to support our housing policy aspirations and, in the process, enable the Social Security & Housing Finance Corporation to adopt best practices from the Housing Development Board of Singapore.
Within the framework of this long-term plan, our immediate short-term plan shall be to undertake a comprehensive assessment of the existing Tenancy & Housing regulations, the ‘Agency’ mishap associated with housing, and put in place regulations that shall compel Landlords to provide housing facilities that are optimal and commensurate to prevailing housing rental rates
In line with our philosophy on housing, we would revisit the laws relating to land and the land tenure system, as well as the existing regulations pertaining to the institutions responsible for land, urban planning, building permits, real estate, and housing in general.
In addition, matters of sanitation and hygiene in housing shall take precedence in our housing agenda. Issues of sewerage, unsanitary environmental hazards, especially during the rainy season, are matters of paramount urgency that we will address.
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