discriminating directly or indirectly against any person on any ground, including race, sex, pregnancy, marital status, health status, ethnic or social origin, colour, age, disability, religion, conscience, belief, culture, dress, language or birth. 116. To promote the right to accessible and adequate housing, the Government has among others: Taken legislative, policy and other measures to guarantee the right of access to adequate housing, to ensure security of tenure for all citizens, particularly for the vulnerable and marginalized; ensured housing is provided within the framework of legal security of tenure, habitability, location, availability of utilities, economic and physical accessibility as well as cultural acceptability; and ensured that if expropriation takes place it is carried out in line with international human rights standards. 117. The Government has developed policies, legislation and regulations to safeguard constitutional rights to housing: the National Housing Policy facilitates the provision of adequate, affordable and quality housing in sustainable human settlements; the Draft National Prevention of Slums Upgrading Policy provides for better housing particularly for youth and women. The Draft National Building and Maintenance Policy contains extensive provisions to allow all Kenyans and more so PWD access to better housing facilities. The policy ensures consistency approach to the maintenance of the built environment to safeguard health, safety and environmental standards, convenience and comfort of users. 118. The Kenya Vision 2030 has made provision with regard to housing by including it as one of its social pillars. It has flagship projects which are; to produce 200,000 Housing Units Annually under Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) and Other Initiatives; to establish Housing Technology Centres in Each Constituency; to Install Physical and Social Infrastructure in Slums in 20 Urban Areas; to enact a Housing law, to Legislate for a One-Stop Housing Development Approvals Mechanism; and lastly to develop an Integrated Growth and Development Strategy for Six Metropolitan Regions. 119. In so far as legislation is concerned, a number of bills have been drafted to provide for better access to housing: The Housing Bill, seeks to provide for the effective coordination, facilitation, capacity building and monitoring of the housing and human settlement sector; The Built Environment Bill seeks to manage the way buildings are constructed so as to ensure safety and quality.; the landlord and tenant bill is under review by key stakeholders to address issues of evictions in housing and increase the protection of tenants. The Persons with Disability Act, Cap 133, Laws of Kenya has also made provisions with regard to housing by; establishing the National Council for Persons with Disabilities under section 3. Section 4(1)(c)(vi) requires that one of the members of the council should be a representative of the Ministry of Housing. Section 6 establishes the Office of the Director of the Council with a mandate to consult with Ministries and local authorities to secure the implementation of measures recommended under the Act by the Council for the benefit of persons with disabilities. 120. Access to adequate housing remains a major challenge in Kenya. The majority of the residents in Kenya’s largest urban centres, Nairobi, Mombasa, and Kisumu live in informal settlements. A number of informal settlements also exist in forest and rural areas. These informal settlements are characterized by low quality of housing with poor infrastructural services, overcrowding, inadequate access to water or electricity, poor sanitary conditions, insecurity, lack of privacy and poor accessibility in times of disasters. The Government has committed to ensure that this challenge is addressed through the measures discussed above. 29