Tag Archives: Malawi Housing Corporation

Law and order, Lifestyle

Malawi Housing Corporation tenants homeless in Blantyre

Maravi Post Reporter 2 Comments

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-Malawi Housing Corporation tenants at Ngumbe in Blantyre are homeless after being evicted from their houses which the parastatal organisation constructed on an alleged private land.

On Friday, August 20, 21 several families were chased out of the 65 two-bedroom semi-detached houses which MHC built with a MK3.5 billion bank loan on a freehold farming land belonging to the family of Costas and Samantha Scordis.

MHC management ignored professional advice not to proceed with the housing project due to ownership issues forcing the Scordis family to drag the corporation to court in 2018.

Lawyer Kuleza Phokoso who is representing the Scordis family said MHC started allocating the houses to tenants before the court resolved the case, a development that compelled his clients to obtain an order to evacuate the occupants.

The 65 houses risk demolition because in court the Scordis family is demanding the financially struggling MHC and its agents to remove any structures built on the 53 hectares piece of land and if they do not remove Scordis would demolish and remove all such structures at the cost of the MHC.

There was no immediate comment from MHC as both its acting chief executive officer Jordan Chipatala and public relations officer (PRO) Ernestina Lunguzi did not pick up their phones.

Tenants have been given up to Saturday, August 21, 2021 to move out of the MHC houses.

Law and order, Malawi

Malawi deputy minister Abida Mia hailed for swiftly solving MHC, Mpemba SDI land ownership dispute

Maravi Post Reporter
Abida Mia for proper possession of land

BLANTYRE-(MaraviPost)-The leadership of two government bodies, Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC) and Mpemba Staff Development Institute (SDI) that were eroded in land ownership dispute have commended Deputy Minister of Lands Abida Mia for her swift response in resolving their dispute.

Both SDI acting Director Peter Muthete and MHC acting Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Jordan Chipatala have expressed satisfaction over the Deputy Minister’s approach to their disagreement, which has since been amicably resolved.

In an interview after an official engagement with the Deputy Minister, Muthete said, without Mia’s intervention, the matter would not have been quickly resolved.

Likewise, on behalf of MHC, Jordan Chipatala said the Deputy Minister has demonstrated that with commitment and strong will, it is possible to solve serious matters within a short period of time.

The bone of contention in the land dispute was when MHC demarcated about five hecters of public land inside SDI campus with the aim of selling it to private developers.

SDI reported the matter to Mia who responded immediately, stopping the process and subsequently summoned the two agencies to a round-table discussion, during which she gave them a 14 day ultimatum to resolve the matter.