City runs out of land

housing co-operatives when they are aware of the land shortages. In some cases, those co-operatives allocated land have failed to construct houses within the stipulated periods. The city’s commit­tee on education, health, licensing, housing and com­munity services dis­cussed the matter last month. A report by the housing and community services director Mr Justin Chivavaya was tabled for the committee’s consid­eration.
Councillors forming the committee requested for more time to consult on the implication of the recommenda­tion. The full council that met recently agreed to defer discussion on the mat­ter until wider consultations were made. On its part, Government has repossessed the 84-hectare piece of land allocated to housing co-opera­tives in Harare North (Hatcliffe) to protect the interests of the public.
Beneficiaries have been asked to stop paying monthly subscriptions to the leadership of the housing co-oper­atives until a Government investiga­tion team chaired by Harare Zanu-PF provincial chairman Cde Amos Midzi completes investigations.