Windhoek Mayor Queen Kamati has highlighted several key initiatives driving the city's progress, such as a voluntary house exchange programme that allows homeowners to trade their historic houses for newly built ones.

This is part of the city's affordable housing project. 

This effort honours the city's heritage while advancing contemporary living standards. 

The exchange programme aims to preserve historical treasures while providing residents with the benefits of modern housing.

"The City of Windhoek is asking for a voluntary exchange of houses as a celebration of the past, recognition, and conservation of houses built between 1959 and 1960 in Katutura, that is, the Herero location, Damara, Nama, Owambo, and Donkerhoek locations, as well as Khomasdal."

Homeowners interested in participating in the programme must submit an application. 

The initial phase includes submitting project details and identifying houses that meet the criteria for heritage conservation.

The City Council will review the applications to ensure that they align with the programme's goals.

Discussing the exchange initiative on the nbc's news and current affairs programme, The Daily Round Up with Nina, curator Aaron Nambadi said, "This was initiated by the council's resolution to preserve and promote its own heritage, the 50th Heritage, and one of our prominent heritages is the force removal to the city that then moved people into Katutura, so the council felt the need to do more research and to preserve some of these historical houses in order to preserve our own history."

The city strives to transform into a 'City of Hope and a City that Cares'.