tenants wrestle with excessive prices and poor residing situation
Renting in The Gambia has more and more turn out to be tougher for a lot of residents, with skyrocketing rental prices and poor residing circumstances leaving tenants in tough scenario.
As of 2021, The Gambia confronted a excessive housing deficit exceeding 128, 874 models, intensifying competitors and driving up rental price.
However, in response to this housing disaster, The Gambia authorities has initiated a housing mission aiming to assemble 10,000 homes by December 2025, with a broader aim of 200,000 over the following decade.
But there’s a group who bear the brunt of those challenges, the tenants, lots of whom reside from hand-to-mouth.
Kawsu Badjie, is one among such tenants going through a housing disaster within the nation. Despite paying 3,000 dalasis each month, Badjie endured years of renting torment. His landlord repeatedly raised the hire, violating rental legal guidelines.
“Where I was renting, the landlord would just wake up, and increase the rent. The toilet was in poor condition, and when we asked him to fix it, he refused,” he stated.
Lamin Manneh, is one other tenant enduring comparable difficulties. He defined: “I face many challenges with renting because the rent I am charged exceeds my income. I’m struggling to feed my family while being forced to pay a huge monthly fee.”
In 2024, The Gambia’s parliament handed a rental invoice into legislation, aiming to manage rental practices, guaranteeing honest agreements between landlords and tenants.
By Adama Makasuba
Read our editorial on the Gambia’s unregulated hire market here.
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