This week, the Ministry of National Housing and Social Amenities solicited proposals from interested firms for the Musha-Muzi housing project. This entails the construction of ten blocks of ten-story apartments in southern Harare as part of an ambitious housing programme to create 220 000 houses and flats by 2025.
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The government has begun to build flats in the country’s major cities, such as Harare’s Willowvale Flats.
Proposals expressing interest in being a part of the project must be sent in by Friday, 15 October 2021. The government has prioritised the construction of flats to eliminate the housing backlog and offer affordable accommodation to lower-income people.
Earlier this year, the Cabinet authorised a housing fund to construct affordable housing for public officials and private-sector workers. The Musha-Muzi Housing Project, which would be built in four stages, would be led by the Zimbabwe Investment Development Agency.
The first level is focused on government employees, while the other three phases are intended for non-government employees. Under the proposal, four-roomed homes would be erected on 200-square-metre lots, while in redevelopment zones, the programme will focus on high-rise structures in areas already served by municipal services such as sewers, water mains, and roads in order to maximise the use of existing infrastructure.
The fund will engage and authorise developers to construct homes and apartments through its administration, with each developer required to construct a minimum of 50 units. A supply of homes and flats would be provided to banking organisations interested in providing mortgage services.
The government has set an aim of delivering 220 000 houses and flats by 2025, according to President Mnangagwa’s National Human Settlements Policy, which was published last month. The supply of appropriate housing is part of the government’s wider goal of building an upper-middle-income economy and society, as described in Vision 2030.
