Africa-Press – Mozambique. More than 400 residents of Vila Olimpica do Zimpeto in Maputo may be evicted from their apartments for not honouring their commitments to the Housing Development Fund (FFH).
The Vila, a flagship social housing project, now houses over 3,000 people.
After holding the 10th African Games in Maputo in 2011, the government made available the just-over 600 apartments for young people and civil servants on a lease basis.
Radio Mozambique has learned that arrears currently amount to around US$3 million (191.3 million meticais).
The warning of possible eviction was delivered by the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Fund for Housing Development (FFH) Armindo Munguambe, who added that lawsuits were underway and could result in the eviction of the joint owners.
The minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources, João Osvaldo Machatine, said recently that the government expected, at the time of the concession of the houses, that the revenues from Vila Olimpica do Zimpeto would be used for the construction of low-cost housing and with repayment benefits for youth and civil servants.
The FFH says that, if the outstanding amount were already paid over, it would be enough to “build 300 houses for the Renascer project”, a studio apartment project for the most vulnerable in the municipal district of Ka Tembe, Maputo city.
