The Federal Government has announced commencement of 20,000 affordable mass housing Renewed Hope Cities and Estates project in Lagos State.

The project is under the recently launched Renewed Hope Cities and Estates Scheme of President Bola Tinubu to provide 100,000 affordable mass decent housing to Nigerians across the nation.

The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, Dr Markus Ogunbiyi, made the announcement yesterday while inspecting ongoing housing projects and government land available for additional construction under the scheme.

He said the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development was undertaking the project under Public-Private Partnership, saying that the target was 100,000 housing units nationwide with Lagos State to have over 20,000.