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GOVERNMENT is confident that it can surpass its target of delivering 220 000 housing units by 2025 by partnering with the private sector.
Speaking during a tour of Arlington Estate on Thursday, National Housing and Social Amenities Minister Daniel Garwe said private players can help clear the national housing backlog.
1 500 housing units are being constructed at Arlington Estate.
“We are quite happy that the developer is working with the Government,” he said.
“It’s a private-public-partnership, and the Government’s key role is to create an environment suitable for making housing delivery make sense.
“We have about 1 500 units here, and when I say we are going to surpass the target of 220 000 housing units by 2025, it’s not just a talk-show.”
Cardinal Corporation executive chairman, Mr Jeremy Brooke, said they had been working on housing development at Arlington Estate for the past 16 years.
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