The State Housing Company (SHC) has announced a nationwide land audit and recovery exercise to reclaim properties occupied illegally, with a 21-day deadline for affected persons to regularise their occupation set to expire on Thursday, October 15, 2026.
The exercise will target squatters, encroachers and other persons occupying company lands without authorisation. It will also affect occupants with existing arrangements who have failed to renew their leases or pay ground rent, according to the company’s Deputy Managing Director, Samuel Atukwei Quaye.
The deadline follows a final notice published in national newspapers on September 24, 2026, giving affected persons 21 days to address outstanding issues before recovery operations begin.
Mr Quaye said the exercise would commence immediately after the deadline, urging occupants to use the remaining time to regularise their stay on the lands.
Those who fail to comply risk losing possession of the properties as the company moves to recover land under its management.
The exercise forms part of the SHC’s efforts to identify and reclaim land under its control that has been occupied without proper authorisation or in breach of existing lease arrangements.
The company’s announcement signals that the deadline applies not only to illegal occupants but also to those whose leases or ground-rent obligations remain unresolved.