February 16, 2026
Adama, February 5/2018 (From Melmi)
The Housing Development Chief Executive Officer of the Ministry of Urban Development and Infrastructure, conducted a training session in Adama City today to relevant regional and city administration leaders and experts on how to implement the Housing Development Policy, which was prepared by the Ministry of Urban Development and Infrastructure and approved and put into effect on December 28/2018, focusing on the housing development sector.
Housing Development Chief Executive Officer Ato Tsegaye Mushe, who opened the forum and presented the policy document, stated that the policy mainly aims to address the housing shortage in major cities of our country and various housing supply strategies are being designed and implemented.
It was explained that the housing development policy, which broke the previous idea that the city grows with the countryside, followed the economic model, and identified 5 sectors, including agriculture, to ensure the inevitability of urbanization, creating opportunities for expanding various housing development options.
Ato Tsegaye said that the policy is to follow options that increase private participation, encourage the private sector to bring in finance and technology, and provide the government with land and infrastructure, and create opportunities for the provision of houses built in various housing development options, as alternatives for rental and private ownership.
Following the housing development policy, a training session was given by a guest from the Ministry of Planning and Development on one plan and one report.
One plan and one report are necessary to achieve the objectives set; to implement our work properly; to identify the activities that the plan should achieve; to coordinate development results; to identify those that are effective and those that are not; to ensure that institutions are linked to the kebele structure; The training process was designed to create alignment between planning and results; to achieve the goals of the national development plan; to link the unity of institutional actions and results; to realize the success of national development goals; to reduce resource waste; to ensure a coherent plan and government resource allocation; to ensure a coherent development finance framework and to ensure a coherent resource mobilization with reforms.
Finally, a common understanding was reached through discussions on the training documents presented.
