Namibia: Ombudsman Sues Govt Over Housing Rights

28 February 2012

THE current legal process through which Namibian home owners can lose the roof over their heads due to unpaid debts is set to face a constitutional challenge through an unprecedented case which Namibia's Ombudsman, John Walters, has filed in the High Court.

The Ombudsman is now suing Government, the Minister of Justice, the Attorney General and a Windhoek businessman in a test case in an attempt to get the High Court to declare that the process through which a Windhoek family is in danger of having their home sold over unpaid debts of about N$48 000 is null and void.

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