The National Housing Enterprise (NHE) has called on local authorities to make land available at an affordable price to help ease the country's housing backlog.  

President Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah has commissioned three taskforces, namely on health, land and housing, and economic recovery.

She urged members to maintain unity of purpose and embrace fresh approaches to national challenges.

The newly elected Swapo Party councillors for the Walvis Bay Municipal Council and the urban and rural constituencies will prioritise the provision of land and housing, road repairs, and improved waste removal.

The Keetmanshoop Municipality handed over 23 Build Together houses to families in the Tseiblaagte residential area of Keetmanshoop.

The Mayor of Keetmanshoop, Annelize Knaus, stated that the programme continues to reduce the town's housing backlog each year, and she congratulated the new homeowners.

The Cuvelai Special Housing Project, which was launched on Friday, will build 2,000 affordable houses in Keetmanshoop.

The project, a nationwide initiative, aims to tackle Namibia's critical housing shortage.

Many residents in Aranos hope that the new political leadership will help address some of the challenges they continue to face, particularly access to land, proper housing, and reliable food support. 

While the challenges vary, many are optimistic about improved living conditions. 

The Tsumkwe settlement is home to about 600 households with more than 2,000 residents. However, only 95 residents hold land lease agreements with the council. 

A local businesswoman told NBC News that she has been denied access to a portion of land she previously occupied.

Deputy Minister of Urban and Rural Development Evelyn !Nawases-Taeyele has called on municipalities to fast-track the process of land delivery for housing.

She argued that land delivery is one of the critical enablers of development in any town.

The Chinese Embassy has handed over 25 corrugated iron houses to the families that were affected by rainstorms earlier this year in the Mankumpi constituency in the Kavango East Region.

The donation is worth N$300,000.

About 58 homeowners' dreams have become a reality after they officially received their houses under the Mass Housing Development Programme at Otjomuise Extension 10 in Windhoek.