A UN-backed report has identified backyard extensions and other infill housing solutions as practical ways to ease housing shortages, highlighting their growing role in cities such as Nairobi.
UN-Habitat warns that the global housing crisis is worsening amid rapid urbanisation and slow policy implementation. [File Courtesy]
Backyard extensions have been identified in a United Nations-sanctioned report as one of the solutions countries can adopt to cure the housing crisis.
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