GHANA’S HOUSING STORY

Ghana’s housing story has come a long way. After Ghana gained independence in 1957, the topic of housing became a matter of serious government discussion. As part of the National Development Plan during 1960-1965, an idea emerged to provide housing for Ghanaians by mimicking the post World War II European government recovery strategy from enemy attacks where old buildings were renovated for public use. It was in the course of this and during the era of Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s rule that two main state bodies were formed to address housing issues in Ghana; the State Housing Corporation (SHC), which worked in the regions across Ghana, and the Tema Development Corporation (TDC), which was created with the intention of developing residential units in the swiftly growing Tema zone as part of an extensive industrialisation drive.