Housing Affordability As A Challenge In Implementation Of The Sustainable Development Goal No.11

Tanzania is one among countries that experience rapid urbanization in the world with estimated growth rate of 5.4% per annum. Its urban population experience among other things, shortage of adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services as well as development of slums. In responding to these experienced problems as a result of urbanization, on 25th September 2015, United Nations member countries of which Tanzania is a member signed an agreed on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development aimed at transforming World from the challenges that it faces. Seventeen development agenda goals were agreed and adopted for implementation by the year 2030 of which among is goal No.11 for Sustainable Cities and Communities. Under this agenda, a series of targets have been outlined to indicate how sustainable cities should look like to ultimately overcome shortage of adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and development of slums. This paper analysed the extent to which Tanzania is prepared in implementing the Sustainable Development Goal No.11 for Sustainable Cities and Communities targeting access for all to adequate, safe and affordable housing and basic services and eradication of slums. Principally, the key purpose of the study was to evaluate the Tanzania housing finance projects of 2010 in relation to affordability of the constructed houses. The discussion centered on the 1,000 units of housing project for National Housing Corporation, 815 units of housing projects for the Tanzania Building Agency to be built at Bunju area in Dar es salaam and 481 units of Watumishi Housing projects in Dar es Salaam.