Social Housing
latest news & developments
‘Inclusive’ housing a start but we need deeper affordability in Cape Town
True inclusion means deep affordability, long-term protections and treating housing, not as an asset class, but as a right
Social housing is essential, but should it be rental-only?
Affordable rental stock is necessary, but social housing should not just be a holding position for people – it should be a launchpad to home ownership
Human settlements department can’t meet demand for housing
The department’s budget is too small to meet the demand for homes
Conserve historic Castle bowling green in Woodstock — study
There’s enough space at the old hospital site for the social housing units meant for a park in densely populated Woodstock
City clings to Woodstock report that might alter housing plan
A social impact assessment recommends a bowling green in the Cape Town suburb be made into a community park, not used for social housing — and residents agree
For Cape Town – with love and squalor
Political rhetoric can’t plaster over the city’s divides and rewrite its haunted past
City bulldozes into social housing project in Woodstock, Cape Town
Residents say the council ignored objections against the development, and is pressing on despite a pending final heritage impact assessment
Golf-club lease dispute opens forced-removal wounds
The City also said if the lease were renewed it would reconsider how much the Rondebosch Golf Club would have to pay each month.