Complementary infrastructure challenges slowing housing delivery - SHCL MD

The State Housing Company Limited (SHCL) connected Monday, May 5, 2025, received a monitoring squad from the Parliamentary Select Committee connected Works and Housing, which toured cardinal ongoing lodging projects astatine Pokuase, Amrahia, and Adenta.

The team, led by Vincent Oppong Asamoah, MP for Dormaa West, and Chair of the Committee, expressed restitution with the advancement and prime of enactment astatine the sites and reaffirmed the committee’s enactment to assistance SHCL implicit the projects and support affordability.

During the engagement, SHCL Managing Director, John S Bawah, highlighted delays successful complementary infrastructure — specified arsenic roads, drainage, and h2o systems — arsenic large obstacles affecting the timely completion of immoderate projects.

“These are captious elements that indispensable beryllium addressed earlier we tin decorativeness and manus implicit these homes. We are counting connected the authorities to fast-track these works,” helium stated.

He further suggested that if SHCL were fixed clearance to conception these amenities themselves, the institution could see the costs successful the terms of the homes.

However, helium expressed caution that specified a determination mightiness pb to higher location prices, which could undermine the company's mandate of affordability.

“While we’re acceptable to measurement in, we are besides mindful that this could summation the outgo of the homes, which goes against our halfway nonsubjective of affordable housing,” helium added.

The committee acknowledged the concerns and pledged to escalate the substance to guarantee inter-agency coordination for faster infrastructure deployment astir authorities lodging projects.

SHCL remains committed to its ngo of providing affordable, prime lodging crossed Ghana and continues to telephone for stronger partnerships to conscionable the country’s increasing lodging needs.

Some members of the parliamentary prime committee with the SHCL squad astatine 1 of the task sites