GROUNDUP HOMELESSNESS: Cape Town jobs for homeless programme in limbo as stimulus funding ends

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City says National Treasury funding created more than 3,000 temporary jobs during the pandemic.

Gootkin said their funding is only until the end of June. “We are working with our NGO partners [headed by Khulisa] to find ways to make this programme happen. We’re not sure whether there will be a gap between this instalment ending at the end of June and the next programme starting possibly later this year,” she said.

She explained how living on the streets in Gardens is even more challenging with her prosthetic leg. She was hit by a car in 2007 and when her mother, who lives in the Eastern Cape, lost her job she was also forced to drop out of her second year at college. “One of the partner organisations registered for this programme is running a supportive housing project in Observatory. It currently houses 24 people who make rental contributions from the stipends they earn on the programme. Without these stipends, they will most likely be back living on the streets and in public spaces given the lack of suitable accommodation and shelters,” states the petition.

 

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