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Walvis Bay backyard tenants celebrate land ownership
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Walvis Bay backyard tenants celebrate land ownership

Members of the Walvis Bay Backyard Tenants Association celebrated councils’ approval to grant a large portion of land at Farm 37 to its members. Farm 37 is an area on the outskirts of the harbour town, identified in 2015 as a solution to the towns’ land and housing demands. The members who were overwhelmed by...

Illegal tenants in government houses asked to vacate
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Illegal tenants in government houses asked to vacate

Staff Reporter THE Ministry of Works and Transport has issued a notice of eviction to a number of people who are inhabiting government houses illegally. This is according to the deputy minister of works and transport, who gave an update on the government’s assets register, which is currently being updated, as well as the issue...

33 hectares at Farm 37 reserved for Backyard Tenants Group
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33 hectares at Farm 37 reserved for Backyard Tenants Group

The Walvis Bay Municipality is reserving 33 hectares of land at Farm 37 for the town’s Backyard Tenants Group. This comes in the wake of the group’s petition, handed over to the municipality in February this year. Farm 37, better known among residents as Green Valley, was officially proclaimed a new township, following Narraville, which...

Landlords urged to stop evicting tenants without court order
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Landlords urged to stop evicting tenants without court order

Concerns are being raised about landlords and estate agents forcibly evicting tenants from places they are renting without obtaining a court order, despite clear provisions in existing legislation that prohibit arbitrary evictions. Property expert Johanna Shikongo, speaking at the Tenant and Land Conference in Windhoek over the weekend, said this vital legal protection is not...

Tenants Left Vulnerable to Landlord Abuse – Namibia Daily News
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Tenants Left Vulnerable to Landlord Abuse – Namibia Daily News

By Elezo Libanda. Katima Mulilo, 10 July – The Rent Control Board, established in 2018, remains inactive, leaving tenants at the mercy of landlords who subject them to inhumane practices. The absence of protective laws exacerbates the situation, allowing landlords in Namibia to unilaterally raise rents or evict tenants without following proper legal procedures. In...