The Walvis Bay Municipality has allocated erven at Farm 37, on the outskirts of the town, to the first 50 landless people.

The Mayor has urged the first beneficiaries to start building their structures as of today.

Located about seven kilometres east of Walvis Bay, Farm 37 was identified in 2015 as a solution to the land and housing backlog.

Residents have since been waiting to get plots, but bureaucratic processes and a lack of funds to service the land delayed the move.