In 2011, the Government of Ghana with the support of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) developed in a housing Profile to guide policy, planning and investments in the housing sector. The profile has over the past 13 years guided a number of important interventions in the sector, including the following;
After over a decade of guiding policy, investments and planning in the housing sector, there was the need to revise the existing profile. This revision was aimed ar supporting the government and other stakeholders with a systemic analysis of housing delivery in the country. Specifically, the revision was to;
It is envisaged that the revised National Housing Profile will inform the planning and programming of investments in the housing sector, management and maintenance of existing housing stocks, as well as slum upgrading and prevention. The profile will also act as platform for integrating housing policies into broader actions of government and aligning them with other social, economic and environmental policies. The updated profile will ultimately inform the country’s work towards the realisation of the right to adequate housing; New Urban Agenda.