‘Kebele’ Houses: Past, Present and the Future The Case of Kebele 17, in Woreda 9, Kirkos Sub-city, Addis Ababa
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2014-08
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Addis Ababauniversity
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A Kebele house is affordable public rental housing provide by the Ethiopian government for its citizens. The cost for renting according to the case study ranges from 1.5 ETB to 18 ETB per month. Initially these houses were owned by the private but were nationalized by the Derge government and were rented out to the public with a low price. In most cases a house is enjoyed by only one family and can be transferred from one generation to the next. With time the city has grown the demand for housing has increasing but the land to build houses on is decreasing. The government is currently redeveloping the city targeting the slums were most Kebele houses are found. The redevelopment is targeting areas were Kebele houses are due to material used and because of lack of maintenance. Tenants are faced with problem such as small old houses in need of repairs with leaking roofs and flooding problems during the rainy season. When tenants are removed from the Kebele house for redevelopment they are given two options. Tenants that can afford to buy a condominium will be given an option to buy condominium. While those who can‟t afford will be moved to another Kebele house in a different location which has similar problems.
The purposes of this study are to compile information about Kebele houses and to research if rental housing can be the future to decrease housing shortage in Addis Ababa. This study also looked into a recommendation for a public housing system for tenants to stay in a rental building for a few years which is a transition unit until they will be able to buy a house by working and saving up.
The process in which the research is done is by finding the stamen of the research, research question, and objective of the research. Then data was then collected from literature review by study the theory of rental housing internationally and locally, direct observation, interview, questionnaires, and 5 houses were selected as life stories.
Kebele houses were nationalized in 1975 during the Derge government and were rented to citizens on a low cost. They are still being rented in low cost providing affordable rental housing. No financing is done by the government on Kebele houses is maintenance is need the tenant them self will have to finance it.
Recommendation is to build a public housing where tenants can rent the units and save money to buy a condominium. There is a time limit on how long they can tenants can stay. They will be provided with space to work together to start and run their business and earn money. At the end of the time period they will have enough money to afford a condominium
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Houses: Past, Present