Botswana Housing Corporation (BHC) is a parastatal corporation solely owned by Botswana Government. It was established by an Act of Parliament (Act No:75 of 1970 ) and started its operation on February 1971. The mandate of the BHC as stipulated by the Act and its subsequent amendments is as follows:

           a) To provide for the housing, office and other building needs                of the Government and Local Authorities,
           b) To provide for, and to assist and to make arrangements                for other persons to meet the requirements of paragraph                (a);
           c) To undertake and carry out, and to make arrangements for               other persons to undertake and carry out building schemes               in Botswana.