Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) candidate for Lagos State governor, has set out a housing programme that would let residents move into bigger homes as their families grow.
He outlined the plan at the 2027 Lagos Governorship Debate, which TVC News broadcast live. Organisers themed the debate “The Economy: Who Is Prosperity Working For?” Rhodes-Vivour, widely known as GRV, explained how the programme would serve people at different stages of life.
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Starter Home for Young Graduates: Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour
Rhodes-Vivour made an analogy with a young graduate who wants a place of his own. He said that if he wins the governorship, he will design apartments that let young people live independently rather than return to their parents’ homes.
“A young man just came out of school, wants to live independently, we are not going to tell him to live in his parent’s house,” he said. “We have a self-contained unit that is beautifully designed and you can stay there until you need to expand your capacity.”
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Marriage and Children Would Unlock Bigger Homes
Rhodes-Vivour then followed the same man into married life. He said the programme would let a newly married couple move into a two-bedroom flat, and a family with three children into a three-bedroom home.
“When you get married, there is a programme that allows you to move to a two-bedroom place,” he said. “You have three children, there is a programme that allows you to go to a three-bedroom place.”
He presented the scheme as a way to ease the financial burden on Lagosians as their households expand.
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Credits Earned Along the Way Would Count Towards a Mortgage
Rhodes-Vivour said residents would also build up credit, or points, at every stage of the journey. They could then apply those points to a mortgage in their 40s and 50s.
He described the thinking behind the plan in blunt terms. “The idea is to social-engineer how people manage,” he said, before adding that the scheme was only “one aspect” of his wider economic agenda.
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