This is a study into the housing finance sector and the general availability of housing in Botswana. The study also covers overview of Botswana’s macro economy, employment & household incomes, access to financial services in Botswana, housing finance, housing demand & supply, key players and possible interventions, and proposed areas for possible intervention. Since 2002, the Fin Mark Trust has been pursuing its mission ‘to make financial markets work for the poor’ in the Southern African Customs Union (SACU) countries: South Africa, Botswana, Namibia, Lesotho and Swaziland (BNLS). Based in Johannesburg, the. Fin Mark Trust is an independent trust provided with core funding by the South African office of the UK Department for International Development (DFID). In September 2006, Fin Mark Trust received a three year extension to its mandate, to continue with its work in SA but also to broaden its operations and services into the rest of Africa.