Ongos Valley has welcomed 68 families into their new homes, since December 2023, marking the initial phase of a larger relocation plan.
The project aims to house a total of 460 families by August 2024.
Ongos Valley Development Group Managing Director Americo De Almeida said the move-in process is being conducted in stages to ensure a smooth transition for residents.
This phased approach, he says, allows for the ongoing development of essential infrastructure, including municipal accounts, water connections, and city services.
“There are about 68 families that have moved in, they started moving in in December. it’s a phased approach for the 460 families to move in which we are hoping will be in by August this year. It’s putting on such a big piece of infrastructure that we’ve started with and the housing municipal accounts, water console it’s a shock so it’s sort of a process to get people in systematically,” he said.
The initial phase of occupancy is said to include a combination of residents who are purchasing their homes outright and those who will be renting with an option to buy later.
This development comes after the City of Windhoek Council in October 2023 granted the Ongos Valley Development a take-over certificate, signalling the final stage of the housing project’s first phase of development.
The Ongos Valley Development has invested N$900 million into the housing project’s first phase in Windhoek and was expected to hand over 400 housing units to residents in June 2023.
Ongos Valley is situated on a 1,750-hectare portion of Farm Ongos, 13 kilometres from the Windhoek city centre. It will be a self-contained green village area with schools, hospitals, police stations and a cemetery, among other services.
