Mozambique to build more than 1,500 houses for low-income citizens

MAPUTO, Dec. 3 (Xinhua) -- The Mozambican government plans to build more than 1,500 houses for low-income citizens by 2024, as part of a recently created housing project, said Cecilia Chamutota, the country's deputy minister of public works, housing and water resources, on Thursday.

In the first phase, about 4 million U.S. dollars will be invested in the construction of 300 houses in Maputo, the Northern Nampula and Cabo Delgado, said the deputy minister following the inauguration of 30 houses of the project in Manhica district, Maputo.