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Rwandans from Diaspora follow a presentation on the urbanisation during their visit in Rwanda on Wednesday, December 17. Photos by Craish BAHIZI
Housing

Diaspora investors urged to tap into Rwanda’s housing boom

Friday, December 19, 2025
An undeveloped part of the Kibagabaga neighbourhood in Gasabo District. The new Participatory Land Readjustment model will help guide the way communities upgrade and develop their neighbourhoods. Photo: Courtesy
Housing

Five key insights from new land urban development model

Wednesday, December 10, 2025
The ongoing works including site preparation, excavation for Nyabisindu rehousing project in Remera Sector, on Monday, October 27. Photos by Kellya Keza
Housing

MPs vow to fast-track decent housing for Nyabisindu families

Monday, December 08, 2025
City of Kigali employees pose infront of the new house built for the vulnerable resident. Courtesy.
Housing

City of Kigali employees build house for vulnerable resident

Sunday, November 30, 2025
A view of Mpazi rehousing model in Gitega Sector, Nyarugenge District, Kigali, as of May 16, 2025. The government plans to roll out similar projects in other parts of the country in line with improving urban housing (courtesy)
Housing

Lawmakers begin countrywide evaluation of urbanization, housing initiatives

Saturday, November 22, 2025
Some new houses that were given to the Genocide survivors in Ruhango District in 2021. The government has unveiled plans to construct 296 new houses for vulnerable survivors of the 1994 Genocide against the Tutsi. file
Housing

Nearly 300 new homes to be built for Genocide survivors

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
Some housing units at Riverside estate in Kigali. Rwanda's affordable housing policy determines that an affordable house should not exceed Rwf40–50 million, with payment spread over 15 to 20 years, on a mortgage.
Housing

A three-pronged plan to scale up affordable housing

Wednesday, November 12, 2025
A view of completed residential houses under the Bwiza Riverside Homes Project in Kigali City. Photo by Craish Bahizi.
Housing

Why Kigali got global award for green affordable housing

Saturday, November 01, 2025
Fortis Green Housing, a Kigali-based American developer, has launched a $25 million eco-estate in Kigali’s Masaka Sector. Courtesy
Housing

What are the key amenities that make a housing project green?

Thursday, October 30, 2025
The ongoing works including site preparation, excavation for Nyabisindu rehousing project in Remera Sector, on Monday, October 27. Photos by Kellya Keza
Housing

PHOTOS: Site preparation, excavation works underway for Nyabisindu rehousing project

Monday, October 27, 2025
A view of Kinyaga residential area in Bumbogo Sector in Gasabo. Photo by Sam Ngendahimana
Housing

How new settlement site rules will reshape real estate development

Friday, October 17, 2025
Officials lay a foundation stone to a construction project of a health centre in Rutsiro. The district has announced the suspension issuing of the construction permit
Housing

Why Rutsiro has suspended issuance of building permits

Monday, September 29, 2025
Workers at a construction site in Kigarama Sector in Kicukiro. Craish Bahizi
Housing

Kigali’s building permit delays draw MPs’ concern

Thursday, September 18, 2025
Artistic impression of some housing units in the upcoming Heza Estate, in Batsinda, Kinyinya Sector of Gasabo District (courtesy)
Housing

RSSB’s middle-class homes 70% booked before completion

Saturday, September 13, 2025
The 2019 ministerial order outlines thirteen types of construction violations, each punishable according to the category of the building and the seriousness of the offense.
Housing

13 construction faults and their penalties in Rwanda

Tuesday, September 09, 2025
A landscape view of Mahama refugee camp in Kirehe District. Sam Ngendahimana
Housing

Rwanda mulls transition from refugee camps to settlements

Wednesday, August 27, 2025
A group of suspects presented to the journalists at Rwanda Investigation Bureau Headquarters on June 30. They were suspected of selling land that does not belong to them. Courtesy
Housing

Real estate: Why Rwanda needs to regulate brokerage

Saturday, August 02, 2025
Construction workers at a building site in Kinyinya, Kigali. File photo.
Housing

Why Rwanda has put on hold conditional building permits

Friday, August 01, 2025
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Housing

Mpazi village touted as regional model for improved housing

Wednesday, July 23, 2025
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Housing

New developer for 300-unit Masaka Housing Project

Tuesday, July 22, 2025