Namibia: N$300m Left to Tackle Namibia’s Housing Crisis

The Ministry of Urban and Rural Development says about N$300 million remains available for housing construction, but the funds must be shared among 59 local authorities amid growing demand for serviced land and housing.

The ministry’s deputy director of housing development, Kornelius Taseb, told the National Assembly standing committee on urban and rural development and land reform last Wednesday that budget constraints were limiting the government’s ability to respond to the housing crisis.

The…