GWERU City Council has given permission to at least 700 beneficiaries of Mkoba 21 residential stands to start constructing houses, 10 years after they were allocated the stands, Southern Eye has established.
Council availed at least 6 000 stands to Mkoba 21 beneficiaries in 2014.
Speaking on the sidelines of a recent ordinary council meeting, mayor Martin Chivhoko urged the beneficiaries to submit plans for the development of their stands.
“We have given partial compliance to some beneficiaries of Mkoba 21 stands,” he said.
“At least 700 stands are now ready to be developed. We also urge people to submit plans for building purposes in Mkoba 21.”
Chivhoko said council recognised the importance of providing decent and affordable housing options for residents.
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Gweru Residents and Ratepayers Development Association director David Chikore welcomed the development saying beneficiaries had waited for too long to build their houses.
“This is quite a relief for beneficiaries who have waited for a decade to start developing their stands,” he said.
Most beneficiaries of the stands are council employees who were given the stands to set off their 2015 salary arrears.
To date, the beneficiaries have not started building houses as developers have not finished servicing the land.
In 2018, people who bought the stands threatened to pull out of the scheme owing to the slow pace in the servicing of the area.
Early this year, council warned that it will cancel contracts of land developers who failed to service the land.