Lack of Affordable Housing

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Posted by girumas
2/12/2026

ℹ️ Overview

Ethiopian cities face a massive housing deficit with traditional methods being too slow and expensive.

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🚀 Active Projects

Circular Addis Housing

Transforming recycled plastic waste into high-quality, affordable building materials. This project aims to construct 500 low-cost housing units in Addis Ababa using interlocking plastic blocks.

Modular Plastic Brick Housing

A pilot project to build affordable retail and residential units using Kubiks interlocking bricks made from 100% recycled plastic.

💡 Proposed Ideas

Standardization of Prefabricated Building Components

Traditional brick-and-mortar construction is slow and wasteful.

Scaling Low-Cost Sustainable Urban Housing

Addis Ababa faces a deficit of over 1.2 million housing units. Current construction methods are too expensive and carbon-intensive.