Western Cape Housing Minister Whitey Jacobs says his department now insists that all tenders for housing projects should make provision for backyard dwellers. Earlier, Jacobs conceded that the provincial government and municipalities previously had no plans to cater for the housing needs of people who lived in backyards.
Jacobs was responding to complaints from 200 backyard dwellers at a community meeting in Gugulethu. The group has threatened not to vote in next year's general elections if it is not provided with housing.
Jacobs says he inherited a province, a department and municipalities that had no plan for backyard dwellers. He says the N2 Gateway project seemed to be the only solution on people’s tongues whenever questions were raised about plans to tackle the issue. He says he doesn’t believe the N2 Gateway project is a viable project.
- SABC
Jacobs was responding to complaints from 200 backyard dwellers at a community meeting in Gugulethu. The group has threatened not to vote in next year's general elections if it is not provided with housing.
Jacobs says he inherited a province, a department and municipalities that had no plan for backyard dwellers. He says the N2 Gateway project seemed to be the only solution on people’s tongues whenever questions were raised about plans to tackle the issue. He says he doesn’t believe the N2 Gateway project is a viable project.
- SABC
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