{"id":20861,"date":"2022-05-30T16:05:59","date_gmt":"2022-05-30T16:05:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/oshakati-lauded-for-housing-development"},"modified":"2022-05-30T16:17:52","modified_gmt":"2022-05-30T16:17:52","slug":"oshakati-lauded-for-housing-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/oshakati-lauded-for-housing-development","title":{"rendered":"Oshakati lauded for housing development"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. <\/strong><\/span>Minister of Urban and Rural Development Erastus Uutoni recognised the Oshakati town council as the best town in terms of house delivery, as it continues making more land available for the low to middle-income earners of the society.<\/p>\n<p>Uutoni made these remarks at the launch and groundbreaking of the Ompumbu housing development in the town on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast Saturday, we were at Onawa, handing over 195 houses. At the same time, we launched the decentralised build together program to construct 100 houses, which is now followed by this groundbreaking of further development of housing for Oshakati town,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n<p>He added that this groundbreaking ceremony will see yet another housing development initiative that will deliver 509 erven as a result of the partnership agreement between the Oshakati town council and the BH group of companies.<\/p>\n<p>He said it is, therefore, through this initiative that he is congratulating the Oshakati Town Council for their effort and determination toward the development of the town.<\/p>\n<p>Uutoni further said this particular development, where the BH group of companies is going to invest over N$305 million, will also benefit the local community, with the employment of over 600 people.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019I am also informed that the company reached out to the local small and medium brick producers to produce quality super bricks to supply to the housing development,\u201d said Uutoni.<\/p>\n<p>He said he is also convinced that upon completion of the project, the allocation of houses will also accommodate those who are on the council\u2019s waiting list, especially the first-time homeowners.<\/p>\n<p>Owner of BH Properties Benjamin Hauwanga said they will construct 509 houses at the cost of N$305 million for three years.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe houses are earmarked for middle to low-income earners. They will be constructed in three phases, with phase one consisting of 47 houses, phase two with 130 houses, and phase three with over 200 houses,\u201d he explained.<\/p>\n<p>BH Properties will service the land and construct houses at their own cost.<\/p>\n<p>The project will provide employment to about 600 people.<\/p>\n<p>BH assured the community of a conducive work environment and competitive salaries.<\/p>\n<p>Oshakati mayor Leonard Hango made a joke that in a few years to come Oshakati will look like Dubai.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis will not only help to expand the town in size but it will also in the future increase the council revenue base and an attractive town,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>He added they will make sure that every Oshakati resident will have a place to stay.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\">Namibia<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Namibia. Minister of Urban and Rural Development Erastus Uutoni recognised the Oshakati town council as the best town in terms of house delivery, as it continues making more land available for the low to middle-income earners of the society. Uutoni made these remarks at the launch and groundbreaking of the Ompumbu housing development [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":20860,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,5,8,16],"tags":[234,236,233],"class_list":["post-20861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-economy","category-homepage-english","category-twitter","tag-africa-press","tag-africa-press-namibia","tag-namibia"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.1 (Yoast SEO v27.0) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Oshakati lauded for housing development - Namibia<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Minister of Urban and Rural Development Erastus Uutoni recognised the Oshakati town council as the best town in terms of ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/oshakati-lauded-for-housing-development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Oshakati lauded for housing development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Minister of Urban and Rural Development Erastus Uutoni recognised the Oshakati town council as the best town in terms of ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/oshakati-lauded-for-housing-development\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Namibia\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-05-30T16:05:59+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-05-30T16:17:52+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_15-6294ee076244c.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"720\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"495\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/oshakati-lauded-for-housing-development#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/oshakati-lauded-for-housing-development\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Oshakati lauded for housing development\",\"datePublished\":\"2022-05-30T16:05:59+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2022-05-30T16:17:52+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/oshakati-lauded-for-housing-development\"},\"wordCount\":420,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/oshakati-lauded-for-housing-development#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/nambia\/sites\/29\/2022\/05\/postQueueImg_15-6294ee076244c.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"africa press\",\"Africa Press-Namibia\",\"namibia\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"economy\",\"homepage-english\",\"twitter\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/oshakati-lauded-for-housing-development#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/oshakati-lauded-for-housing-development\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/namibia\/all-news\/oshakati-lauded-for-housing-development\",\"name\":\"Oshakati lauded for housing development - 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