Abstract:  Zimbabwe's first five year development plan (1986-1990) set a target for the construction of 75,000 to 100,000 housing units over the Plan period. The plan states that to achieve this target, the government will create favorable conditions for the private/ public sectors, local authorities, building cooperatives, to participate in implementing the plan. The target was set in responses to the acute shortage of houses in rural/urban areas, high population growth outstripping economic growth and other related factors. The documents produced by the workshop form the body of this report and are reproduced in full, including recommendations for the future.