{"id":238,"date":"2026-05-13T11:15:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/?p=238"},"modified":"2026-05-13T11:15:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T11:15:11","slug":"government-to-expand-housing-support-for-genocide-survivors-in-new-national-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/?p=238","title":{"rendered":"Government to Expand Housing Support for Genocide Survivors in New National Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Officials from Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement have assured Parliament that genocide survivors will be included in upcoming national housing programs targeting vulnerable citizens across Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The clarification came during a May 12 parliamentary session where MPs examined budget execution reports and raised concerns about thousands of survivors still living in poor housing conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>MP Mukampunga Epiphanie revealed that 29,232 survivor households need house renovations, while 6,973 families still require new homes, calling for more equitable distribution of support across districts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In response, Minister Jean Damasc\u00e8ne Bizimana said government institutions including Ministry of Local Government and Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning have agreed to merge housing support programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He explained that integrating survivors into broader social housing initiatives will ensure fairness while also strengthening national unity and avoiding segmented assistance programs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Authorities also emphasized cost-efficiency measures, including use of local contractors and materials, to maximize the reach of available resources.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Officials from Ministry of National Unity and Civic Engagement have assured Parliament that genocide survivors will be included in upcoming national housing programs targeting vulnerable citizens across Rwanda. The clarification&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=238"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":240,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238\/revisions\/240"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/239"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/waramutse.icu\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}