Govt caps prices on BHC housing scheme
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Appearing before the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) yesterday, the Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Lands and Housing Thatoyaone Raphaka said government has placed a price ceiling of the two bedroomed houses after realising that the majority of public officers cannot afford the exorbitantly priced BHC houses.
While ruling out the possibility of providing subventions to BHC for the parastatal to avail affordable houses to Batswana, Raphaka said that government in conjunction with the parastatal are currently consulting on the option of engaging the private sector to build the houses.
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