Eswatini Housing Board (EHB)

Formerly known as the Industrial Housing Company, the Eswatini Housing Board was established in 1988 through the National Housing Board Act No. 3 (the Act). EHB is a Category A Public Enterprise which reports to Government through the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development (MHUD). As a statutory body, EHB adheres to the dictates of the Public Enterprise (Monitoring & Control) Act that establishes the Public Enterprise Unit which monitors the apt functioning of all parastatals, and the organization is run by a board of directors appointed by the Minister for Housing and Urban Development. The Boards mandate is spelt out in Section 4 of the Act. It is to provide affordable housing generally in Eswatini and this entails property acquisition, construction and development for both rental and disposal purposes as well as the takeover of housing schemes at governments instance. To fulfill this mandate, EHB has, since its inception, constructed rental accommodation for low- and midd...