The Ministry of Housing
has been in existence, though as different departments of various
ministries that implemented housing policies at different times.
This can be traced from the 1960’s, 1970s and the 1980s.
In the 1980’s there existed the Ministry of Housing and
Social services, which later became the Ministry of Housing.
Between 1990s and 2004, Housing was together with Roads and Public
Works as the Ministry of Roads, Public Works and Housing. In 2004,
Housing was moved to the Ministry of Lands and Settlement and
the new ministry was named Ministry of Lands and Housing. Despite
the inconsistency in placement of the key docket of Housing, the
core functions of the departments that currently constitute the
Ministry of Housing have remained the same. In December 2005,
following Government reorganization, the Ministry of Housing was
re-established.
