Reall has worked in Burkina Faso since 2011, in partnership with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development.

Recovering from a turbulent political and social environment, Burkina Faso’s rate of economic growth has slowed in recent years. Alongside this, the National Institute of Statistics report that more than 72% of households live in unplanned areas. Inequality therefore persists, and poverty remains high.

Reall’s Bassinko housing project was developed as a pilot to test the government’s national housing programme as a potentially replicable model for affordable housing, using a public-private partnership approach. Based in a rapidly expanding area of Ouagadougou, the project had to be designed around the cultural preferences of a largely Islamic population, which required each property to include a 1.5m high mason boundary wall. The houses consist of two rooms and a washroom, and are fully serviced with household water, electricity and sanitation.

Reall negotiated a partnership arrangement with the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development, which provided land and offtake for development.