The controversial N2 Gateway housing project in Langa near Cape Town is experiencing yet another delay. This time around, the five families who were identified as the first successful applicants last Tuesday are yet to move into their new homes.
Community leaders have blamed the historic backlog to the delay in the occupation of the houses.
Shameel Manie, the community housing manager at a Western Cape housing NGO, the Development Action Group, has cited that lack of clarity surrounding the houses contributes to the current state of affairs.
“Houses will never belong to them”
“Many residents fail to understand that those houses will be used for social housing, meaning occupants will have to pay monthly rent of approximately R500, and that the houses will never belong to them,” says Manie.
Cape Town has become known as the shack capital of South Africa. It has a current backlog of more than 260 000 homes. - SABC
Community leaders have blamed the historic backlog to the delay in the occupation of the houses.
Shameel Manie, the community housing manager at a Western Cape housing NGO, the Development Action Group, has cited that lack of clarity surrounding the houses contributes to the current state of affairs.
“Houses will never belong to them”
“Many residents fail to understand that those houses will be used for social housing, meaning occupants will have to pay monthly rent of approximately R500, and that the houses will never belong to them,” says Manie.
Cape Town has become known as the shack capital of South Africa. It has a current backlog of more than 260 000 homes. - SABC
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