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Revealed: Why Kenyans are pushed to unsafe housing

Members of Habitat for Humanity construct a wall using interlocking blocks as part of the organisation's efforts to promote affordable, safe and climate-resilient housing. [Amos Kiarie, Standard]

More than half of Kenyans are accepting housing-related safety risks because safer homes are either too expensive or unavailable, exposing households to insecure structures and increasing vulnerability to extreme weather, a new study shows.

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