Minister of Lands, Housing and Urban Development Kezzie Msukwa and deputy minister Abida Sidik Mia have told the Chinese-owned Hena Guoji Development Company Limited,  to lower the rentals they are charging.

The ministers learnt that tenants were being charged K350000, per month, as they argued that most middle class Malawians cannot afford to pay such rentals. The Chinese company is reportedly in partnership with Malawi Housing Corporation (MHC), for the construction of houses in Lilongwe’s Area 49 Sector Five.  

The Ministry, in the past weeks, has been taking action on housing and land, as Mia raided a house and offices of a Blantyre resident earlier this month, a move aimed at querying how the public plot was acquired. Last month, Mia announced that the government will get back illegally acquired land, attributing the call as response to misappropriation in the distribution and allocation of plots.