Enact Right to Shelter Act, Parly urged

COALITION for Market and Liberal Solutions (Comaliso) has lobbied Parliament to enact the Right to Shelter Act to afford Zimbabweans the right to legitimate settlements and shelter.

The country is currently witnessing an unprecedented growth in the number of urban dwellers lacking decent shelter and property title, triggering the sprouting of informal settlements countrywide.

Government earlier this year promised to dish out title deeds to thousands of informal settlers in areas around Harare and other parts of the country, but later backtracked.

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