Rwanda Looks to High-Rise Building to Ease Urban Housing Challenge

Maryamungu examines the lock that just been fixed on his new house's door. With a smile on his face, he checks out the windowpanes and beckons one of the workers putting final touches on the commercial property in the heart of Nyamirambo, a city suburb.

The businessman says the one-storey building has all the modern facilities. Maryamungu, and many other developers, may soon find it hard to build such properties following implementation of a new national urban housing policy that makes it mandatory for people to build high-rise structures in certain parts of the city.

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