Factors Influencing Implementation of Low-Cost Housing Programme by Kenya National Housing Corporation

Abstract

The Government of Kenya launched the national low-cost housing programme as part of the big four agenda in order to address the shortage of housing units in the country as well as their affordability levels. Despite the project likely to be of benefit to Kenyans, there has been emergent implementation challenges facing the project. This study thus sought to focus on the project management factors influencing the implementation of the national low-cost housing project. Amongst the aspects that was examined include stakeholder involvement, project managers' competences, and resources availability aspects. The theoretical review of the study was based on the dynamic capabilities' theory and the stakeholder theory. This study used the descriptive research design. The target population of this study was the National Housing Corporation (NHC) officials and staff at their headquarters at NHC house, Aga Khan Walk in Nairobi. There are 57 middle and senior levels officials that are directly involved with the national low-cost housing projects at the NHC.  The study found an R value of 0.584, R Square value of 0.341 and Adjusted R Square value of 0.300. The study found there was a positive relationship between the three independent variables of the study and the dependent variable. This is because of positive unstandardized beta coefficients. An unstandardized beta coefficient for stakeholder involvement was 0.144, that for managers' competencies was 0.130 and the unstandardized beta coefficients for resource availability was 0.487. This implied that resource availability had the highest influence on project implementation, followed by managers' competencies and finally stakeholder's involvement.  The study found that there was no statistically significant influence of stakeholder involvement on the implementation of national low-cost housing project. The study further found that there was a statistically significant influence of project managers' competences on the implementation of national low-cost housing project. The final hypothesis found that there was a statistically significant influence of resources availability on the implementation of national low-cost housing project.