| OBUHA | |
Native name | Office Burundais de l'Urbanisme, de l'Habitat et de la Construction |
| Founded | 24 May 2019 |
| Headquarters | , Burundi |
  OBUHA Headquarters OBUHA Headquarters (Burundi) | |
| Website | bgf |
The Burundi Office of Urbanism, Housing and Construction (French : Office Burundais de l'Urbanisme, de l'Habitat et de la Construction), or OBUHA, is a government agency based in Gitega, Burundi that is responsible for managing the development of urban housing.
OBUHA was created by presidential decree no 100/079 of 24 May 2019, which described its creation, missions, organization and functions. It is a legal entity with its own assets and financial autonomy, supervised by the Minister responsible for Urban Planning and Housing. OBUHA was formed by merging: [1]
OBUHA functions include:
In 2020 OBUHA banned commercial dredging of the Muha, Kanyosha, Ntahangwa, Mutimbuzi and other rivers of Bujumbura, since only OBUHA had the proper equipment for mechanical dredging, and manual dredging could not handle large rocks in the river bed. However, given lack of funding and the risk of floods, the agency soon allowed the cooperatives that did manual dredging to resume work. The cooperatives would pay OBUHA for the construction materials they retrieved, and were committed to building dikes and planting trees to protect the river banks. [2]
In August 2023 OBUHA defined regulations that applied to many of the districts in the Mukaza, Muha and Ntahangwa communes of Bujumbura Mairie. A lot of less than 10 ares, or 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft), could not be subdivided. Buildings in lots of less than 10 ares must be at least three stories high, i.e. a ground floor and two stories. For lots of more than 10 ares, buildings must be at least five stories high. [3]
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