is a lifestyle development partner, whose aim is to foster quality, affordable home construction and development in the East African region through partnering with low and medium income individuals as co-investors to develop various housing projects. The existing real-estate market in East Africa is a playground for mostly large investors, who develop expensive real estate projects and products th
at are out of reach of the ordinary middle class and lower-middle class buyer. This aspect has curtailed the provision and supply of quality, affordable homes and led to a housing deficit of approximately 1,500,000 units in Uganda alone. Most of the large investors are involved in multi-million dollar projects that require huge capital and resource outlays which capacity and resources the middle and lower middle class developer or buyer does not have. Because of this inhibition, the housing market is dominated by high priced homes, in expensive neighbourhoods, which the majority cannot afford, the available loan and mortgage facilities offered by the banks notwithstanding. This aspect has compounded the limited supply of homes on the market that are affordable/fairly priced, of good quality and within safe, planned neighbourhoods across the region. is a social investment and transformation platform aimed at filling the existing affordable housing/real-estate gap by giving low and middle income individuals and groups, collective investment capacity and a participatory approach in delivering bespoke real estate projects and affordable housing solutions to the mass market. co-invests and co-ordinates resources, designs & builds affordable quality homes in well planned neighbourhoods suited for middle and lower middle income individuals. By employing experience, good research, thorough planning & design, and cost saving construction techniques, the team at homebuild. ensures that quality and affordability are achieved every time and on every project, by choosing the right project locations, specifying the right materials and deploying cost conscious construction teams and techniques. As a result, homebuild.’s projects are very competitively priced for the mass market and affordable to middle and lower middle income individuals and groups.