The Western Cape government on Monday said it plans to upgrade informal settlement sites over the next four years to ensure every citizen has access to basic services.
The goal was announced in the Human Settlements Strategic Objective Plan.
Human Settlements MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela said R1,8 billion has been set aside for the next financial year to develop and improve all existing informal settlements in the province.
At the current rate of housing delivery, government said it is only able to serve about 16,000 households each year with a backlog of about 500,000.
Local government’s new strategic plan seeks to increase the number of serviced sites to 31,000 by 2015.
Madikizela added that the plan does not affect one of the government’s long-term objectives to build new houses from scratch.
- Eyewitness News
The goal was announced in the Human Settlements Strategic Objective Plan.
Human Settlements MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela said R1,8 billion has been set aside for the next financial year to develop and improve all existing informal settlements in the province.
At the current rate of housing delivery, government said it is only able to serve about 16,000 households each year with a backlog of about 500,000.
Local government’s new strategic plan seeks to increase the number of serviced sites to 31,000 by 2015.
Madikizela added that the plan does not affect one of the government’s long-term objectives to build new houses from scratch.
- Eyewitness News
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