Namibia aiming to reduce informal settlement households to 14 per cent

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2025-12-11

WINDHOEK, 02 December 2025 - The Presidential Task Force on Housing and Land Delivery is responsible for decreasing the housing backlog and lowering the number of households in informal settlements. (Photo by: Uakutura Kambaekua) NAMPA

WINDHOEK, 11 DEC (NAMPA) - The Namibian Government has pledged to reduce the percentage of households living in informal settlements from 28.7 per cent to 14.35 per cent.
Additionally, the government aims to increase the number of serviced plots from 25 111 to 50 000 and to expand the number of houses built from 12 598 to 55 126 by the year 2030.
This was disclosed by Kaire Mbuende, the Director of the National Planning Commission, during his ad...

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