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Old Tafara residents accused Harare Council of discriminating poor residents
27 Apr 2016 at 16:44hrs | Views
Residents in Old Tafara have condemned the City of Harare for perpetuating the marginalisation of the poor residents using rates discrimination as a tool.
This was revealed by the Harare Residents Trust which said the residents who live in the singles quarters where each tenant occupies one room in the two-roomed houses have to fork out US$37 for that tiny room which makes the one stand pay a total of US$74 every month.
"This is totally opposed to the rates paid by residents who live in bigger stands in areas like Belvedere, Warren Park, Glen View or Budiriro where individual households have houses as big as seven rooms. The most painful thing about this marginalisation is that the City of Harare did not build these single housing quarters in Old Tafara," said the trust.
This was revealed by the Harare Residents Trust which said the residents who live in the singles quarters where each tenant occupies one room in the two-roomed houses have to fork out US$37 for that tiny room which makes the one stand pay a total of US$74 every month.
"This is totally opposed to the rates paid by residents who live in bigger stands in areas like Belvedere, Warren Park, Glen View or Budiriro where individual households have houses as big as seven rooms. The most painful thing about this marginalisation is that the City of Harare did not build these single housing quarters in Old Tafara," said the trust.
Source - Byo24News
