Govt. plans to provide 1,500 houses By Kofi AHOVI & Solace AMANKWA The government has drawn up a plan to provide 1,500 housing units to its workers nationwide from the third quarter of this year. The housing units would be put up across the country to ensure equal distribution, Businessweek has gathered. It also includes the construction of 10,000 safe, decent and low income affordable housing units on 74 acres of land at Nsakina, near Amasaman in the Ga East District, which has been awarded to Messrs Agu Resources. The plan is different from the 200,000 housing-unit project secured by the Vice President, John Mahama, in South Korea recently. The housing units would be offered for mortgage to workers by the Home Finance Company Bank (HFC). The provision of the housing units is to curtail and eventually bridge the housing gap, which is currently estimated to be in a deficit of one million. The plan is multi-pronged, addressing issues of financing, land acquisition, the use of altern...