Zimbabwe Housing Ministry Exhausts funds
Zimbabwe: Housing Ministry Exhausts Allocated funds Harare — The Ministry of Housing and Social Amenities has exhausted the US$10 million it was allocated by treasury as seed money for housing development. Housing and Social Amenities Minister Giles Mutsekwa told Herald Business the funding had been committed and his ministry would go back to Treasury to ask for additional funds to finish ongoing housing projects. "Most of that money has been exhausted and we will go back to treasury to ask for more resources. "We are aware of the critical shortage of housing in the country, that is why we asked for the seed money," he said. He expressed hope that considering the huge housing backlog his ministry would get more financial resources from Treasury to try and whittle it down. Minister Mutsekwa reiterated Finance Minister Tendai Biti's call during his presentation of the Mid Term Fiscal Policy Review that Government was unable to clear the housing backlog without pr