Youth feel sidelined in home ownership schemes

BHC Houses PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO
BHC Houses PIC: MORERI SEJAKGOMO

Government has come up with a number of programmes aimed at promoting home ownership amongst Batswana. Some of these schemes include the Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) sitting tenants campaign, Self Help Housing Agency (SHAA), Turnkey and the re-launch of Tenant Sitting Campaign just to mention a few.

However despite these efforts, BusinessWeek Staff Writer PAULINE DIKUELO gathers that the youth still feel sidelined by the government in home ownership programmes

Different emotions were thrown following the recent re-launch of the Tenant Sitting Campaign as some embraced it while mostly the youth felt that the programme is still sidelining them.

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