President Mahama come announce an initiative that go help nurses, teachers and other workers get dema own home.
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GH¢3 billion be the cash wey he talk sey go support the initiative and workers go take about 15-20 years to finish payment.
The president reveal this plan as he go Dedesua in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region to cut sod for the construction of the over 1,000-unit Green City Housing Project for there.
He talk sey the project go be government-private partnership and he mentioned several other institutions including the Republic Bank Ghana that go job together to establish the GH¢3 billion fund.
State housing developers go use the fund to put up housing units across the country. The president talk sey once dem finish building the houses, banks go give loans to qualified meners to buy am and then finish paying over a period.
He talk sey this initiative go make am easier for meners wey dey job for the public sector to get dema own house through accessible, structured program.
Mahama again take the opportunity to complain bitterly about how landlords dey treat tenants badly for the country inside. He stressed the need for house owners to stop stressing people with the 1-2 years rent advance and unnecessary rent increment.
He asked them to stick to the Rent Control Act but the president admit sey enforcing this law be big challenge in the country.
