By Landing Colley
Smart Construction Company has, yesterday, launched a new housing project in Gunjur to help address housing problem and contribute to the country’s economic growth.
The project is said to consist 300 homes.
Velma Wright, Business Development Manager, said their design architecture concept is both modern and unique and they designated one landside to start first social housing estate.
She said her company seeks to invest in social housing in The Gambia and it will positively support the economic growth of the country.
Madam Wright noted that there is housing crisis in Africa, this she added that the continent is having population of 1 billion people in 54 African countries and affordable housing estate is spread in almost all these countries due to over population growth and rapid organization.
According to her, African growth will be phenomenal by the year 2040 as Africa is expected to have the largest work force in the world and by 2050 it will have largest population growth continent in the world.
“The Gunjur project will consist of 300 affordable homes and the mortgage of the houses will not be more than 30 to 40 percentage which means out of D5, 000 only D2, 000 will be deducted from the salary,” she said.
Mohammadou Papa Njie, Gambia Ambassador to Nigeria also disclosed that “more than 1.8 billion people worldwide lack adequate housing and every year 2million people are forcible evicted while more than 150,000, 000 people worldwide are homeless. Adequate housing is fundamental human right that everybody must have access to have it.”
“The united nation defined adequate housing as fundamental human right which further clarifies that this right to include security of tenure, adequate condition, and protection against forced eviction and access to affordable homes,” he said
However, “Failing to recognize, protect and fulfill this fundamental right to adequate housing will lead to violation of numerous fundamental human rights, including right to work, right to education, right to health and right to security,” he noted.
