Botswana in chronic housing problems

Monday, December 15, 2014

A national Housing and Population census expert has warned that a policy for affordable housing has become urgent for Botswana’s urban dwellers, after the national housing and population census of 2011 revealed that over 50% of urban dwellers in Gaborone, Selebi-Phikwe and Francistown live in expensive rented houses.

The report observed that in the urban areas of the country, renting of housing units by individual house owners seems to be common and appears to be gaining ground.

“Therefore, there is a need to formulate proper laws that should aim at protecting both the tenant and the house owners. At the same time, there is an urgent need to develop affordable housing units in the urban areas by the Government in partnership with private sector”.

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