Editing Nairobi (section)

===Housing===
[[File:Nairobi Metro location map.png|thumb|left|Nairobi metro map<br />[[Nairobi County]] (red)<br />[[Kajiado County]] (green) <br />[[Machakos County]] (yellow) <br />[[Kiambu County]] (purple)]]

There is a wide variety of housing options in Nairobi. The options range from privately owned housing units/apartments, rented units, leased spaces and even houses on mortgage. Most wealthy Kenyans live in Nairobi, but the majority of Nairobians are of average and low income. Half of the population has been estimated to live in [[slum]]s which cover just 5% of the city area.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.globalurban.org/Issue1PIMag05/Sheehan%20article.htm |title=Where the Sidewalks End |publisher=Globalurban.org |date=11 September 2001 |access-date=18 October 2010}}</ref> The growth of these slums is a result of urbanisation, poor town planning, lack of good governance and proper leadership in these settlements and lack of empowerment and social capital among other factors.<ref>{{Cite book |last1=Mutisya |first1=Emmanuel |last2=Yarime |first2=Masaru |url=http://worldcat.org/oclc/1363074369 |title=Understanding the Grassroots Dynamics of Slums in Nairobi: The Dilemma of Kibera Informal Settlements |date=2011 |oclc=1363074369}}</ref>

[[File:Nairobi Kibera 04.JPG|thumb|View of [[Kibera]], Nairobi]]
[[Kibera]] is one of the largest slums in Africa,<ref>{{cite news |last=BBC News |title=Living amidst the rubbish of Kenya's slum |publisher=news.bbc.co.uk/ |date=20 September 2005 |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4261846.stm |access-date=25 August 2008 |archive-date=8 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110208140747/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4261846.stm |url-status=live }}</ref> and is situated to the west of Nairobi. (Kibera comes from the Nubian word Kibra, meaning "forest" or "jungle").<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=62409 |title=IRIN In-Depth &#124; KENYA: Kibera, The Forgotten City &#124; East Africa &#124; Kenya &#124; Environment Urban Risk &#124; In-Depth |publisher=Irinnews.org |access-date=18 October 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110612222344/http://www.irinnews.org/Report.aspx?ReportId=62409 |archive-date=12 June 2011 }}</ref> The slums cover two square kilometres<ref>{{cite web |last=CSG Kibera |title=What is Kibera? |publisher=www.csgkibera.org/ |url=http://www.csgkibera.org/ |access-date=25 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080821110141/http://www.csgkibera.org/ |archive-date=21 August 2008 }}</ref> and are on government land. [[Kibera]] has been the setting for several films, the most recent being ''[[The Constant Gardener (film)|The Constant Gardener]]''.

Other notable slums include [[Mathare]] and [[Korogocho]]. Altogether, 66 areas are counted as slums within Nairobi.<ref>{{cite web |title=The slums of Nairobi: explaining urban misery |publisher=encyclopedia.com |url=http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-150852093.html |access-date=2 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080323110512/http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G1-150852093.html |archive-date=23 March 2008 }}</ref>

Many Nairobi non-slum-dwellers live in relatively good housing conditions. Large houses can be found in many of the upmarket neighbourhoods, especially to the west of Nairobi. Middle and high income estates include [[Gigiri]], [[Muthaiga]], [[Langata]] and [[Karen, Kenya|Karen]]. Other middle and high income estates include [[Parklands, Nairobi|Parklands]], [[Westlands, Nairobi|Westlands]], Hurlingham, Kilimani, Milimani, Spring Valley, Lavington, Rosslyn, Kitisuru, and Nairobi Hill.

To accommodate the growing middle class, many new apartments and housing developments are being built in and around the city. The most notable development is ''Greenpark'', at [[Athi River (town)|Athi River]], [[Machakos County]] {{convert|25|km|mi|abbr=on}} from Nairobi's Central Business District. Over 5,000 houses, villas and apartments are being constructed at this development, including leisure, retail and commercial facilities.<ref>{{cite web |last=Kenya Engineer |title=Housing estate being developed at Stoney Athi |publisher=kenyaengineer.com |url=http://www.kenyaengineer.com/newsdetails.php?NewsID=314&AuthorID=45&CountryID=7&NewsTypeID=16&IssueID=36 |access-date=2 July 2007 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071014062115/http://www.kenyaengineer.com/newsdetails.php?NewsID=314&AuthorID=45&CountryID=7&NewsTypeID=16&IssueID=36 |archive-date=14 October 2007 }}</ref> The development is being marketed to families, as are most others within the city. Eastlands also houses most of the city's middle class and includes [[South C]], [[South B]], [[Embakasi]], [[Buru Buru]], Komarock, Donholm, Umoja, Saika, Ruai, Kasarani  and various others.