The Lagos State governorship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Deji Doherty, has said his administration would rent houses and make them available to interested residents, as part of efforts to address the rising cost of accommodation.
Doherty said the government must compete with private landlords to make housing more accessible to low-income earners.
He made the proposal while speaking on strategies for affordable housing during the 2026 Lagos governorship debate organised by the Nigeria Debate Consortium.
The debate was organised by the Nigeria Debate Consortium, a coalition comprising The PUNCH, Channels Television, TVC News, TheCable and Vanguard.
According to him, the state would struggle to address the housing crisis if it continued to operate under a heavy debt burden and failed to tackle the high cost of property development.
