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Ghana's housing deficit stands at two (2) million, Managing Director of State Housing Company has revealed.

The State Housing Company Boss, Kwabena Ampofo Appiah noted in an interview with host Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM's ''Kokrokoo'', that for every Ghanaian to own a house, the government will have to build at least 2 million houses.

''Ghana's housing deficit is estimated at about 2 million. The 2 million means should every Ghanaian get a home, we have to build 2 million houses and it keeps increasing every year because there are people graduating from schools. People are getting employed and others are migrating from the rural areas to urban areas and vice versa, and all that movement creates a situation for our housing deficit to hike up.''

According to him, in order to resolve the housing deficit, the State Housing Company is ensuring that all housing projects from the era of Ex-President John Agyekum Kufour till the current regime are  completed and none of the projects will be abandoned saying ''currently, under His Excellency Akufo-Addo, the priority of the government is to complete every project that was started regardless of the administration. So, the Asokore Mampong housing project is completed. It's completed now 100 percent and named after Otumfuo. Koforidua, Wa and Tamale, we're starting to complete it as well''.

''...currently we are working to make sure the projects are completed. Even including projects that the late President begun at Adenta which were abandoned under the erstwhile John Mahama regime but we're completing those projects. John Mahama also commenced some projects in Adenta but those projects, when we came, we did not abandon them. We're completing them. They are Ghanaians' money and when we complete them, Ghanaians will be the ones to settle in. There's top priority on this government that projects that have been neglected in bushes and wasting away, we will bring them all back to fruition for Ghanaians to find shelter as we're also doing new projects.'', he added.