The president of the Association for Local Authorities in Namibia (ALAN) says it is imperative that those tasked with housing delivery look into affordable models to address the backlog.

Samuel !Oë-Amseb was speaking at a two-day high-level meeting of the association focusing on a blueprint strategy for housing and serviced land acceleration at Tsumeb.

If there is one thing that local authorities can learn from the COVID-19 pandemic, is a zeal to diversify and reinforce economies, strengthen social inclusion, ensure equal access to digitalization for the residents as well as build secure communities. 

The Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Natalia |Goagoses highlighted this during the renewal of the memorandum of cooperation between the Association for Local Authorities in Namibia and South African Local Government Association at Walvis Bay.