Some issues of formal rental housing in Sub-Saharan Africa. I covers legal and regulatory framework formal rental, sustainable financial model, affordability issues, institutional capacity building, and data collection and market intelligence. Capital costs for right product. High management administration costs keep it lean, efficient and effective. Large profit returns on investment particularly where land prices are high. Increasing municipal and utility costs make rentals unaffordable. Targeting of grant/subsidy to those that need it most.