Apply In-Person

1. Application for pool housing should only be filed within three months of arrival at the applicant’s new duty station, eligible interested applicant should visit the District Commissioners' offices across the country or the Department of Housing offices in Gaborone and Francistown. (Address details are listed under the “Office Locations & Contacts” section of this page).
2. The receiving authorized officer will then verify that all the necessary documentation has been provided and that the applications comply with the selection criteria before issuing the applicant the Application Form DPSM 22 Rev.94. The application forms are not available online, and you can only get them at the Department of Housing offices or the nearest District Commissioners' offices.
3. The duly completed application form, compile in a profile bonded with the supporting documentation should be submitted at either the Department of Housing offices or the nearest District Commissioners' offices for registration.
4. The allocation of pool housing will depend on the availability of vacant houses. In case of a vacant house, applicants will be contacted by the department of housing.
   

• Copies of their transfer letters
• Original and Certified copies of national identity cards or passports in case of expatriate officers.
  

Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services
Private Bag 00434
Gaborone
Botswana
Address: Plot Number 1108, AKD Building Main Mall
Tel: (+267) 368 2000/361 5300
Fax: (+267) 390 4826/3913055
Toll-free: 080 060 0737

Department of Housing Regional Office
Ministry of Land Management, Water and Sanitation Services
Gaborone Regional Office  : Tel. no. (+267) 3985636
Francistown Regional Office : Tel no. (+267) 2455480 / 2414054

Ministry contact details link: Link

DISTRICT COMMISSIONERS AROUND THE COUNTRY
Central Region
P O Box 93, Serowe
Tel: (+267) 4630412
Fax: (+267) 4630202

Chobe Region
P.0. Box 2, Kasane
Tel: (+267) 6250346
Fax: (+267) 6250247

Francistown Region
Private Bag 34, Francistown
Tel: (+267) 2412241
Fax: (+267)2413448

Gaborone Region
P O Box 10003, Gaborone
Tel: (+267) 3956292
Fax: (+267) 3905061

Ghanzi Region
P O Box 13, Ghanzi
Tel: (+267) 6596358
Fax: (+267) 659635

Jwaneng Region
P O Box 2, Jwaneng
Tel: (+267) 5880257
Fax: (+267) 5880121

Lobatse Region
Private Bag 2, Lobatse
Tel: (+267)5330240
Fax: (+267) 5330238

Kgalagadi Region
P O Box 1, Tsabong
Tel: (+267) 6540292
Fax: (+267) 6540215

Kgatleng Region
Private Bag 001, Mochudi
Tel: (+267) 5777312
Fax: (+267) 5710239

Kweneng Region
Private Bag 003, Molepolole
Tel: (+267) 5910588/5910111
Fax: (+267) 5910614

North East Region
Private Bag 001, Masunga
Tel: (+267) 2489333
Fax: (+267) 2489258

North West Region
P O Box 4, Maun
Tel: (+267) 6860431/432
Fax: (+267) 6860038

Southern Region
Private Bag 001 Kanye
Tel: (+267) 5440201
Fax: (+267) 5440702

South East District Region
P O Box 137, Ramotswa
Tel: (+267) 5390287
Fax: (+267) 539011

Selebi Phikwe Region
P O Box 60, Selebi Phikwe
Tel: (+267) 2610418
Fax: (+267) 2610874

Sowa Region
Private Bag 2, Sowa
Tel: (+267) 6213462
Fax: (+267) 6213584

• Expatriate contract Officers;
  
• Officer in categories determined by the Director of Public Service Management from time to time as providing essential services and include Doctors, Veterinary Officers, Senior Police Officers and Heads of major Departments;
• All Officers on transfer from a duty station provided however, the Officers or their spouses do not own any residential property within the planning area of the new duty station;
• Officers occupying Government pool housing or district housing, who wish to change their accommodation
  

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• Pool housing is administered by the Department of Housing (DoH) under Estate Management Division that allocates pool house to eligible public officers
• The pool housing portfolio consists of Government-owned houses, BHC, and Private pool houses.
  

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