Churches and civil society organisations have commended the Namibian government for progress made in the housing area, though there are still other critical areas that need redressing, including the pension scheme of the Social Security Commission.

The Adviser of Social Economic Justice of the Council of Churches of Namibia, Uhuru Dempers, also applauded the government for increasing the housing budget. 

"We are glad the government has finally come up with the policy, and we've also seen an increase in budget allocation for housing. On land reform, we are disappointed by the progress that has been made. Only a few resolutions have been implemented. The status of the land bill is still unknown, whether even the current parliament is going to pass the land bill. The pension scheme of the Social Security Commission is still under discussion, 28+ years after it was decided. We've seen some positive developments around universal health coverage coming from the government."

Dempers noted that their calculations demonstrate that a basic income grant is affordable and could boost social safety net programmes.

"We cannot postpone supporting people and their livelihoods. We believe that if the government reprioritises its budget and stops wasteful expenditures, enough money could be saved to implement a basic income grant. For example, if all children were included in a universal child grant, we don't think there would have been deaths of innocent children due to hunger in this country."

Youth unemployment also remains a thorn in the flesh.