Nine months after the groundbreaking ceremony, the N|a'an ku sê Foundation's Ju|'Hoansi Eco Village in Epukiro has become a reality, with 40 newly built and furnished houses handed over to beneficiaries.
Twenty-one residents of Katjinakatji in the Kavango West Region are now proud homeowners after officially receiving houses built through the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia.
Close to Opuwo's Central Business District (CBD), residents of the Orutjandja West informal settlement say years of paying to occupy land have instead brought more than hardship and uncertainty.
In an effort to accelerate housing development at its informal settlements, Outjo Municipality has started offering free water to low-income housing programmes for the duration of construction works.
Khorixas Mayor Lesley Awaseb has observed that the delivery of housing and land for residents is progressing steadily in the town.
Following failed discussions over plot allocations, residents of Kap n Bou took to the streets demanding that Otavi Town Council avail them land to build houses.
Leading the group, Wilfred Somseb said informal settlers paid N$200 each for a surveyor and allocation of 120 plots.
The Namibia Statistics Agency (NSA) has handed over 57 desktop computers and printers to the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development (MURD) for distribution to local authorities.
Rundu residents have called on the government to make land available to build decent houses.
They shared this sentiment with the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban and Rural Development and Land Reform.
Those who attended the engagement were very vocal about their housing needs.
A land dispute in Katutura has brought construction to a halt after 80-year-old Sophia |Uises and Matti Shimwino clashed over land in front of Uises's home.
|Uises claims she was denied the opportunity to buy the land by the City of Windhoek, which later allocated it to Shimwino.
The government's Mass Housing Project has delivered 24 new homes to residents in Opuwo.
The Urban and Rural Development Minister, James Sankwasa, officiated the handover ceremony recently aimed at providing decent shelter to the local community.
