Elderly and disabled to move first in Covid-19 relocations in Cape Town

The Western Cape MEC for human settlements, Tertius Simmers, said water-resistant and high durability alternative building material homes would be built at the 17.4 hectare Racing Park, which is adjacent to Dunoon

While Human Settlements is ready to build the first homes, Simmers said this process has been delayed by statutory planning processes such as rezoning, which is yet to be approved by the City of Cape Town. Beneficiaries of the new housing development, who will be relocated voluntarily, will be identified from the City of Cape Town’s housing demand database. Simmers said the 1,500 families will not move to the site permanently.

“Our primary aim is to assist the elderly and disabled in the area and there is a general acceptance to our plan. One concern is that it should not be too far from where they currently live. The Racing Park land parcel is within a one to five-kilometre radius.”

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