The Western Cape government has sprung into unaccustomed action as the country heads towards a national election on April 22. Hardly a day passes without an MEC holding some sort of walkabout, delivery demonstration or talk shop.
Last week it was the turn (again) of the MEC for local government and housing, Whitey Jacobs, who called together interested parties to discuss the housing plan for the disabled.
Head of the Housing Department Shanaaz Majiet and department official Jackie Samson presented a paper titled "Provincial policy to support group accommodation for people with special needs".
It is apparently the product of interaction with various organisations that are involved in care for the elderly, the blind, people with cerebral palsy, orphans and victims of abuse.
It is proposed that on top of a housing subsidy of about R52 000, provided by the central government but channelled through the provincial government, a R10 000 once-off grant be given to those with special needs to provide the appropriate "top structure", such as wheelchair access for physically disabled people.
Asked whether a fund had been set up for such a payment, Western Cape Housing Ministry spokesman Lukhanyo Calata said: "It is in the document and will be acted upon."
The idea is to mirror normal households, especially for children who are abandoned, with a house parent for about six children per household. A pilot project has been set up in the informal settlement at Hermanus, near Cape Town, where a cluster of three houses has been built with the support of churches.
Jacobs, billed to attend the talk shop, was called to an "important" government meeting instead. One assumes he was getting his house in order.
- Business Report
Last week it was the turn (again) of the MEC for local government and housing, Whitey Jacobs, who called together interested parties to discuss the housing plan for the disabled.
Head of the Housing Department Shanaaz Majiet and department official Jackie Samson presented a paper titled "Provincial policy to support group accommodation for people with special needs".
It is apparently the product of interaction with various organisations that are involved in care for the elderly, the blind, people with cerebral palsy, orphans and victims of abuse.
It is proposed that on top of a housing subsidy of about R52 000, provided by the central government but channelled through the provincial government, a R10 000 once-off grant be given to those with special needs to provide the appropriate "top structure", such as wheelchair access for physically disabled people.
Asked whether a fund had been set up for such a payment, Western Cape Housing Ministry spokesman Lukhanyo Calata said: "It is in the document and will be acted upon."
The idea is to mirror normal households, especially for children who are abandoned, with a house parent for about six children per household. A pilot project has been set up in the informal settlement at Hermanus, near Cape Town, where a cluster of three houses has been built with the support of churches.
Jacobs, billed to attend the talk shop, was called to an "important" government meeting instead. One assumes he was getting his house in order.
- Business Report
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