Public-private partnership for affordable housing delivery in Ghana : experience of the Ghana National Housing Project and policy implications

The rapid population growth and urbanization have resulted to the increase in demand for housing units in developing countries. Therefore, most governments have sorted to the application of the public-private partnership (PPP) scheme. Like other developing countries, the Government of Ghana (GoG) has also attempted to implement the PPP policy for affordable housing with the high-profiled project; The Ghana National Housing Project (GNHP). However, this project failed, as it was not implemented. This paper aims to review the underlying challenges of implementing PPP policy for affordable housing delivery in Ghana by analysing the experience of the GNHP. From the case study analysis, a conceptual success model for implementing the PPP policy for affordable housing delivery in Ghana is proposed. The model consists of five categories of success factors; these are national policy on housing PPP, transparency and competition, capacity building, stakeholder engagement and the use of local labour and materials. The outputs of this study are considerably beneficial to policy makers and private housing developers. They inform practitioners on the investment strategies to adopt for future housing PPP projects in Ghana.