Lindiwe Sisulu, the housing minister, says government is now looking at buying houses intended for the recipients of subsidies from the private sector. The private sector will be encouraged to sell high quality houses to the government for allocation to beneficiaries of housing subsidies, she says.
Sisulu says government’s past dependence on developers and contractors was fraught with poor workmanship and incomplete projects. She says as a result, the poor people felt that the government was not doing enough to protect them against unscrupulous contractors.
“We have suffered a great deal from both unscrupulous contractors and inexperienced ones. Coupled with the fact that government itself was negligent of its responsibilities to pay on time.
“We have decided that we need innovative interventions to ensure that the highest quality housing products are acquired by the government for allocation to the housing subsidy beneficiaries.”
She says there is a need to accelerate delivery and to harness the considerable skills and capacity the private sector has to provide. - SABC
Sisulu says government’s past dependence on developers and contractors was fraught with poor workmanship and incomplete projects. She says as a result, the poor people felt that the government was not doing enough to protect them against unscrupulous contractors.
“We have suffered a great deal from both unscrupulous contractors and inexperienced ones. Coupled with the fact that government itself was negligent of its responsibilities to pay on time.
“We have decided that we need innovative interventions to ensure that the highest quality housing products are acquired by the government for allocation to the housing subsidy beneficiaries.”
She says there is a need to accelerate delivery and to harness the considerable skills and capacity the private sector has to provide. - SABC
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