Angolan president João Lourenço said Monday in Caxito city, northern Bengo province that the Angolan state will stop building housing projects, after the construction of those announced for the provinces of Cuanza Norte, Malanje, Zaire and Cabinda is completed.
Speaking to the press after the inauguration of the housing project in Bengo province, João Lourenço said that it is up to the State to create policies to make building materials cheaper, which should be produced locally and to build affordable housing.
Following the construction of the housing projects in above said provinces, the president said, the State will start building affordable social housing and creating policies to encourage the private sector, as well as prepare and create infrastructure for self-construction. In recent years, the government built 14 housing projects, with around 39,000 homes, in Luanda, Benguela, Bié, Cuanza Sul, Huambo, Huíla, Namibe, Moxico and Uíge.
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