President Mahama Announces Low-Cost Housing Plan for Teachers, Nurses, and Civil Servants
- President Mahama announced an affordable housing initiative for doctors, nurses, teachers and civil servants on May 9, 2026
- According to him, the project will involve over 1,000 housing units in partnership with organised labour and financial institutions
- He explained that a GH¢3 billion revolving fund will be used to support affordable home ownership for nurses, teachers, and civil servants
President John Dramani Mahama has disclosed that his government will initiate a major low-cost housing initiative with the objective of increasing access to affordable and dignified accommodation for public sector workers in the country.
The President made this announcement on Saturday, May 9, 2026, when he attended the sod-cutting ceremony for the construction of the over 1,000-unit Green City Housing Project at Dedesua in the Bosomtwe District of the Ashanti Region.
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According to President Mahama, the government is implementing the housing scheme in partnership with organised labour and financial institutions to allow nurses, doctors, teachers and other civil servants access to decent housing.
He added that the initiative is based on an innovative housing finance framework that includes the establishment of a GH¢3 billion revolving fund. The fund will be created through a partnership involving government, organised labour, the private sector, and key financial institutions.
Under the arrangement, the Social Security and National Insurance Trust and the Republic Bank Ghana will collaborate with the government and labour unions to establish the facility.
The fund will, in turn, be used to provide credit to state housing developers such as the State Housing Company and the Tema Development Corporation to construct housing units nationwide.
"Companies like State Housing Company (SHC), Tema Development Corporation (TDC), and all the housing companies will be given credit from this fund to build houses. And then the banks will give mortgages for the workers to buy the houses and pay over a 15 to 20-year period."
The President emphasised that the initiative is to make home ownership easier, more accessible and sustainable for public sector workers as they improve Ghana's general housing delivery system, structured financing.
Ofori Sarpong's 600 apartments emerge
Depsite the efforts being made by the government of Ghana to address the housing deficit, private people in the country are also investing in the real estate sector.
For instance, a renowned Ghanaian business mogul Dr Ernest Ofori Sarpong courted attention after a video of some of his numerous properties surfaced on social media.
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On Sunday, May 10, 2026, Kumasi-based blogger Plus1 TV visited Dr Ernest Ofori Sarpong's 600 apartments at Special Gardens in Oyarifa, Greater Accra Region.
In a video, the blogger toured the vast residential area and showed off the interior and exterior of some of the houses being rented by individuals.
The footage also showed Dr Sarpong and members of the East Legon Executive Fitness Club present at the apartment complex after their morning fitness session.
Some of the members of the high-profile club were later seen checking out some of the apartments and being amazed at their colleague's massive real estate portfolio.
Ofori Sarpong shares first house story
Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that Ernest Ofori Sarpong had detailed how he built his first five-bedroom house before the age of 30.
In a video, the wealthy businessman shared the circumstances that led to him securing his massive property and business ventures.
Source: YEN.com.gh
