Richmond Juvenile Ehwi – The Conversation

Real estate is booming in Ghana. PapJeff/Flickr/Wikimedia Commons

August 4, 2026

Ghana’s housing problem goes beyond numbers – it’s also about quality

Bismark Aha, Nottingham Trent University; Abubakar Sadiq Abass, Middle East Technical University; Philip Kofi Alimo, ENTPE, and Richmond Juvenile Ehwi, Oxford Brookes University

New census-based research shows Ghana’s policy must confront the quality of the homes people already occupy.

Affordable housing in Ghana is unavailable for most people. Wikimedia Commons

August 6, 2023

Richmond Juvenile Ehwi, University of Cambridge and Lewis Abedi Asante, Kumasi Technical University

Ghana’s housing deficit needs immediate attention.

Renters in Ghana are at the mercy of landlords. Remi Kahane/Wikimedia Commons

May 4, 2021

Nicky Morrison, Western Sydney University; Emmanuel Kofi Gavu, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST); Lewis Abedi Asante, Kumasi Technical University, and Richmond Juvenile Ehwi, University of Cambridge

The government of Ghana needs a more creative solution to the problem of advance rent payment

The historical city of Kumasi is undergoing significant change. Daniel Mensah Boafo/Shutterstock

October 29, 2020

Lewis Abedi Asante, Kumasi Technical University and Richmond Juvenile Ehwi, University of Cambridge

The displacement of low-income households in favour of middle- and high-income professionals in Kumasi is a cause for concern.

The modular homes in Cambridge, UK. Jimmy's Cambridge

September 25, 2020

Johannes Lenhard, University of Cambridge; Eana X. Meng, University of Cambridge; Gemma Burgess, University of Cambridge; Kwadwo Oti-Sarpong, University of Cambridge, and Richmond Juvenile Ehwi, University of Cambridge

We monitored the progress of a modular housing project for people experiencing homelessness in Cambridge, UK.