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Building Together: Can Housing Co-operatives Dent Uganda's 2.4 Million-Unit Deficit?

By Kaza Research Desk

6 October 2025 · 4 min read

Houses in Kinawataka informal settlement, Kampala
Informal settlements such as Kinawataka illustrate Kampala's housing gap. · Photo: Micheal Kaluba / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
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Uganda needs about 2.4 million more homes. That is the estimate in the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Urban Development's State of Urban Sector Report, which says the country must produce more than 48,700 units a year to close the gap. The urban population is projected to grow from 11 million in 2022 to 20 million by 2035, so the pressure will only rise.

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Sources & references

  1. 48,700 housing units needed annually to address deficit - report — KFM, 2024-07
  2. Consultancy - Regional Evaluation of Results and Impact of the Housing Cooperative Model — We Effect (via Impactpool), 2025
  3. Uganda — Cooperative Housing International

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