With homeownership and housing finance largely inaccessible in many African countries, rentals are an important form of tenure. In Tanzania, where rental housing has gradually stabilized due to increase development, the government has attempted to both upgrade informal settlements in order to improve the rental market and to ease credit supply for small-scale landlords.
Like in many other places, over time the role of government in Tanzania has moved from housing provision to housing enabling. The growth of rental markets in Tanzania have been facilitated though effective land use planning, titling, regulation, financing, and building materials production. Additionally, from 2010 to 2019, the Ministry of Lands, Housing, and Human Settlement has collaborated with the regional and local government to create directives and guidelines that increased transparency, efficiency, and governance in planning processes, which has had large implications for the rental market.
Source:
Komu, F. & Ramparsad, S. (2022) Urban Rental Housing Markets in Tanzania: The Case of Dar es Salaam and Dodoma. Centre for Affordable Housing Finance in Africa.