Revamped BHC scheme avails 6,000 houses

The new scheme targets tenants who do not qualify for mortgages
The new scheme targets tenants who do not qualify for mortgages

Government through the Ministry of Lands and Housing has re-launched the Tenant Purchase Scheme (TPS) availing 6,000 Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) low cost houses across the country for tenants who do not qualify for bank mortgages.

According to minister Prince Maele, they have decided to re-introduce the TPS after it was suspended about 12 years ago to fill the gap that has not been filled by the BHC’s sitting tenants campaign scheme.

“We have decided to re-introduce this scheme to enable Batswana who have been renting BHC houses an opportunity to own them. We have looked at what failed in the first place and have worked at it and can assure that this one will be properly managed,” he said.

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