But as it is now, I see lots of new development projects completed and spread across the nation with nearly 85% not occupied. Unless my observation are flawed, I do not see how pumping more money into construction now will lead us out of recession. The inability to occupy (Demand) is different from inability to provide(Supply). Having said this, it does not mean that we have achieved our target on building developments in the country. We are light years away, the argument is restricted to this recession we have found ourselves. The homeless and those who can not afford even a room and parlour accommodation should be empowered to own and occupy what is currently available. Empowering them can not in the true sense necessarily mean giving them millions or billions of naira to build or take out mortgage particularly now the government is straining its tonsils from screaming recession. A better idea is to tax heavily all vacant properties, discourage and monitor ornate building designs so that these do not by implication reflect in what is charged as rent, create an environment that will enhance betterment value in development locations e.g. good access roads, check and monitor pension payments for workers particularly those near retiring or retired persons to see how home affordability can best be worked out for them based on salary payments throughout their working lives and then lastly, partnership between government and developers should be a lot more enhanced so that developers become an active partner in the affordable housing delivery scheme unlike what obtains now where they (developers) build substandard buildings which if not collapsed are demolished by government because these have been largely compromised due to perceived government’s harsh policies and developers desperation to avoid or mitigate them. Yes, we need to build more, but now we are in a recession, we need to utilise effectively what currently have – the present government also has committed itself and promised to build more houses anyways.