ISUP to build over 800 houses in Swakopmund

NAMPA

2024-12-14

SWAKOPMUND, 13 December 2024 - Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni (seated right) and Mayor of Swakopmund Blasius Goraseb flanked by the DRC Informal Settlement Choir during the launch of the Informal Settlement Upgrade Project in Swakopmund. The project is aimed at constructing over 800 houses in the DRC informal settlement. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 14 DEC (NAMPA) – Over 800 informal houses in Swakopmund are set to be upgraded through the national Informal Settlement Upgrading Project (ISUP) of the National Housing Enterprise (NHE) and the Ministry of Urban and Rural Development.
On Friday, while speaking during the commencement of the ISUP here, the Minister of Urban and Rural Development Erastus Uutoni told residents of the DRC informal settlement in Swakopmund that housing rem...

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SWAKOPMUND, 13 December 2024 - Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni (centre), flanked by the mayor of Swakopmund, Blasius Goraseb (right) and councillors during the launch of the Informal Settlement Upgrade Project at the DRC Informal Settlement in Swakopmund. The project is aimed at constructing over 800 houses in the DRC Informal Settlement. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

SWAKOPMUND, 13 December 2024 - Minister of Urban and Rural Development, Erastus Uutoni (right), with councillors during the launch of the Informal Settlement Upgrade Project at the DRC informal settlement in Swakopmund. The project is aimed at constructing over 800 houses in the DRC informal area. (Photo by: Hesron Kapanga) NAMPA

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