6.26    Affordable  Housing     Many   households   in   the   country   do   not   still   have   access   to   affordable   housing   in   the   country.  In  the  survey,  54%  of  respondents  reported  there  has  not  been  any  improvement   in   access   to   housing   facilities   in   the   country   while   about   51%   expressed   dissatisfaction   with   the   quality   of   housing   facilities   that   are   offered   for   rentals,   decrying   houses   that   have   no   toilet  and  bath  facilities  and  yet  are  offered  for  rentals.   The  2007  Annual  Progress  Report  on  the  implementation  of  the  GPRS  II  revealed  that,  the   proportion  of  urban  population  living  in  slum  areas  has  not  changed  much  over  the  years,   ranging  from  21%  in  2005  through  20.9%  in  2006  to  20%  in  2007.  According  to  UNDP,  many   parts  of  the  metropolitan  areas  can  be  characterized  as  slum:  Accra  Metropolis  (17),  Kumasi   (6),  Tema  (4)  Sekondi/Takoradi  (4)  and  Tamale  (2)     These  slums  are  characterized  by:   • Poor  structural  quality,     • Overcrowding,     • Inadequate  access  to  safe  water  and  sanitation  facilities     • Illegal  structures     • Children  living  in  streets     Supportive  Policies     In  2007,   Ministry   of   Water  Resources,   Works   and   Housing   had   started   to  construct   low   cost   flats  for  public  servants  under  its  National  Housing  Programme  in:   • Kpone  (1,500)  and  Borteyman  (1,500)  in  the  Greater  Accra  region     • Asokore-­‐Mampong  (1,192)  in  the  Ashanti  region     • Tamale  (200)  in  the  Northern  region     • Koforidua  (400)  in  the  Eastern  region       153