THE housing waiting list in Bulawayo has ballooned to over 130 000 as of November last year, rising slightly from 129 000 in the previous month, a development that signifies the escalating demand for houses in the city.
The City of Bulawayo has of late seen an influx of people from various parts of the country who continue to seek for land to build houses.
Latest council minutes released on Wednesday reveal that the demand for housing keeps increasing in Bulawayo.
“The updating and capturing of Housing waiting list forms into the AS400 computer system was an on-going process and as of October 2024, an accumulative total of 129 133 forms had been captured,” the minutes read.
“In November 2024, an accumulative total of 132 132 forms had been captured. In 2024, a total of 130 344 forms had been captured into the AS400 computer system.”
On the update on Garikai/Hlalani Kuhle housing scheme double allocation regularisation process, the council said it had 30 unresolved cases.
“At the beginning of the period under review, council had 36 unresolved cases of double allocation. However, a total of six cases were resolved during the period under consideration, resulting in 30 cases being outstanding,” read the minutes.
On conversion to home ownership, the council noted that a total of 410 houses had been converted to date from rented to home ownership.
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“There were no changes in November 2024. In Mzilikazi/Makokoba, a total of 1 567 houses had so far been converted to home ownership.
“Out of a total of 2 283 units, 716 units were yet to be converted. (In) Makokoba and Mzilikazi, there were no changes in July 2024,” the minutes said.
On construction of individual toilets at Iminyela and Mabuthweni, the council indicated that the ablution facilities resulted in 10 new units being completed and 217 remaining partially complete at Iminyela.
“Four hundred and eight-four toilets have been done to date at Mabutweni. A total of 1 331 units were still outstanding from the two suburbs,” the minutes read.
