Chronicle EditorHeather Charema Mash West Correspondent
Mashonaland West is on course to surpass its Zimbabwe Agenda for Sustainable Socio-Economic Transformation (Zim-Asset) housing target of 23 000 housing units and or fully serviced stands by 20 000 units, Minister of State for Mashonaland West Provincial Affairs Cde Webster Shamu has said. “For Mashonaland West Province, the Zim-Asset housing target of 23 000 housing units and or fully serviced stands must be met by 2018,” he told stakeholders who attended the World Habitat Day celebrations in Chinhoyi last Friday.
“According to our housing delivery records from the projects being done by the ministry, local authorities and private developers, Mashonaland West Province is bound to surpass its Zim-Asset 2018 target by approximately 20 000 housing units and or fully serviced stands.
“It is common cause that the Social Services and Poverty Eradication Cluster enjoins the human settlement, goods and services delivery sector to meet a target of 125 000 housing units by December 31, 2018,” he said.
He said the Government had rolled out a number of programmes to provide affordable housing for its citizens. “We had the Pay for Your House Scheme, the Garikai and the home ownership scheme.
“The most recent being the National Housing Delivery Programme. The ultimate goal of these strategies is to quicken the full servicing of land and enhance security of tenure for the beneficiaries as title deeds can be issued in respect of fully serviced stands,” he said.
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