Tanzania has launched its first real estate census to collect property statistics to help it improve its housing policy.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the exercise will last four days and comes on the back of the population census, which kicked off last week, but has been extended until September 4.
The data to be collected during the housing census includes the number of buildings, ownership, cost and availability of basic infrastructure.
According to the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, the data will aid official updates of land surveys and demarcation boundaries for residential housing, commercial and industrial investments, and agricultural and livestock-keeping activities, including pastoral grazing land.
It will allow for proper identification of people living in informal settlements, particularly in urban areas, or on public land designated for other social services, the ministry said. Land use planning, including plot allocations to local and foreign investors, will also be made easier to control incessant disputes and conflicts over ownership rights, it added.
Tanzania has launched its first real estate census to collect property statistics to help it improve its housing policy.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), the exercise will last four days and comes on the back of the population census, which kicked off last week, but has been extended until September 4.
The data to be collected during the housing census includes the number of buildings, ownership, cost and availability of basic infrastructure.
According to the Ministry of Lands, Housing and Human Settlements Development, the data will aid official updates of land surveys and demarcation boundaries for residential housing, commercial and industrial investments, and agricultural and livestock-keeping activities, including pastoral grazing land.
It will allow for proper identification of people living in informal settlements, particularly in urban areas, or on public land designated for other social services, the ministry said. Land use planning, including plot allocations to local and foreign investors, will also be made easier to control incessant disputes and conflicts over ownership rights, it added.
