Ondangwa leases plots for N$105 a month
Ondangwa leases plots for N$105 per month
In an effort to address the town’s housing backlog - which stands at around 2 500 - the Ondangwa town council yesterday handed over 231 plot allocation letters to beneficiaries. The plots, situated at Omashaka Proper settlement, will be leased at a cost of N$105 per month.
The joyful event saw hundreds of landless people gather for an opportunity to own land and construct their dream homes.
Earmarked for low-income earners, the beneficiaries are given three months to put up a structure, or they risk having the allocation revoked.
The beneficiaries will only be given title deeds once the area has been formalised.
Namibian Sun understands that the process of formalisation has commenced, but it is at an infant stage.
Omashaka Proper was serviced to the tune of N$4.3 million.
Tried and tested
While other towns are faced with issues of illegal occupation of land, Ondangwa has not experienced such incidents.
In an interview on the sidelines of the event, town council CEO Ismael Namgongo said the model has been tried and tested in the town, and thus they were able to see to it that 231 landless people now have a place to call home.
“The concept we are following has worked, we have tested it. From 2017 up to last year, we have undertaken similar projects at Onantsi settlement, where we have around 600 houses now. It has to do with cooperation and understanding with the stakeholders, including the residents,” he explained.
Namgongo added that the council compensated 10 families who owned mahangu fields at Omashaka Proper a combined N$2 million.
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The joyful event saw hundreds of landless people gather for an opportunity to own land and construct their dream homes.
Earmarked for low-income earners, the beneficiaries are given three months to put up a structure, or they risk having the allocation revoked.
The beneficiaries will only be given title deeds once the area has been formalised.
Namibian Sun understands that the process of formalisation has commenced, but it is at an infant stage.
Omashaka Proper was serviced to the tune of N$4.3 million.
Tried and tested
While other towns are faced with issues of illegal occupation of land, Ondangwa has not experienced such incidents.
In an interview on the sidelines of the event, town council CEO Ismael Namgongo said the model has been tried and tested in the town, and thus they were able to see to it that 231 landless people now have a place to call home.
“The concept we are following has worked, we have tested it. From 2017 up to last year, we have undertaken similar projects at Onantsi settlement, where we have around 600 houses now. It has to do with cooperation and understanding with the stakeholders, including the residents,” he explained.
Namgongo added that the council compensated 10 families who owned mahangu fields at Omashaka Proper a combined N$2 million.
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