A former homeless family of 11 at Walvis Bay is now the proud owner of a new three-bedroom house.

This is after the Walvis Bay Municipality and the Walvis Bay Rural Constituency came to the rescue of Johannes Hamutenya's family.

The house was donated to 18-year-old Johannes Hamutenya, who was born paralysed and is unable to walk or speak.

Hamutenya's mother, Justina Hamutenya, says her family has been without a proper house for decades as they moved from place to place in the harbour town.

The community of Mpora village is up in arms after the Hamutenya family started developing a disputed piece of land at the village in Kavango West's Ncamagoro Constituency.

The community has vowed to approach the Windhoek High Court after failing to convince the Regional Land Board that the piece of land was common property.

Mateus Hamutenya was awarded the leasehold about five years ago by the Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, which the community is objecting to.