Seven months after becoming Prime Minister, Morgan Tsvangirai has not been given an official residence.

It is costing Zimbabwe's unity government's hundreds of thousands of dollars to accommodate Movement for Democratic Change members of government from outside Harare in hotels in the capital.

Zanu-PF members dropped from the administration are refusing to vacate their state-owned houses.

Robert Mugabe said he would keep his things at Zimbabwe House — traditionally the home of Zimbabwe's prime minister.

Mugabe is only using the presidential residence at state house for ceremonial purposes.

Not wanting Tsvangirai as his neighbour is only the tip of the iceberg in accommodation problems, says the Zimbabwe Times.

MDC ministers without homes in Harare are being put up in hotels and the government has not paid their bills since April.

Tsvangirai continues to live in his modest Strathaven home in the Harare suburbs.

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