WESTERN CAPE HOUSING: Backlogs on waiting lists for houses and freeing up state-owned land are a Western Cape priority, says MEC

One month into his job, Western Cape Human Settlements MEC Tertius Simmers is sitting with two big problems, The first is the issues surrounding the housing waiting list — a bone of contention for many communities waiting for houses. The second is trying to rebut national Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu’s budget speech in which she claimed the DA-led government backed out of a deal to create housing in the Western Cape.

During his visit to municipalities including Bitou, Breede Valley, Cape Agulhas, Drakenstein, George and Knysna, Simmers heard complaints from residents that they were still on the waiting list after 20 years, while government homes were being sold and let. In March 2019 Madikizela said during his then Human Settlements budget vote that there were plans to create up to 10,000 housing opportunities in the inner city areas of Tamboerskloof, Bo-Kaap, Oranjezicht and the Cape Town CBD.***

He said he could confirm that the agreement between the provincial government and the national HDA was concluded before the 2009 election and was to “alienate a number of properties belonging to the Western Cape government to the HDA”.

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