Minister of Infrastructure and Housing Development, Mr Nonofo Molefhi says the policy also places more emphasis on channelling government resources to the low income and vulnerable groups to ensure no one is left behind in access to housing.

Speaking at the New Urban Agenda workshop, Mr Molefhi said the workshop was to raise awareness on the New Urban Agenda and ensured its integration in the country's national development processes.

He said the New Urban Agenda was a blueprint of the UN-HABITAT and its partners such as governments, the United Nations, civil society, communities, the private sector, professionals, the scientific and academic community in support of the 2030 Agenda on Sustainable Development, especially SDG 11 of 'making cities inclusive, safe, resilient and sustainable'.

Mr Molefhi said the New Urban Agenda was a 20-year Plan of Action on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development, which was adopted in October 2016 at the third United Nations Conference on Housing and Sustainable Urban Development (Habitat III) in Quito, Ecuador.