Habitat homebuyers petition US for relief

SELEBI-PHIKWE: Residents of Sefhare, Matlhako and Machaneng whose houses were locked up by Habitat for failing to pay back loans have petitioned the organisation's headquarters in Georgia, USA to ask the Botswana office to write off their debt.

The South African based Habitat offices referred their petition back to the Botswana office.

The outstanding balance on the loan is P1.8 million. They say in their petition that they had enrolled in the housing scheme on the understanding that the programme was intended for the poorest of the poor, which they are, because they do not have a regular income.

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Closure as pain lingers

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