Affordable & Social Housing news

Reclaim the City demonstrated outside the Western Cape High Court in 2020, calling for the Tafelberg site to be used as affordable housing. Archive photo: James Stent / GroundUp

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Hundreds of people stake out plots for houses on empty land in Nelson Mandela Bay

25 Mar 2024

The first trial is being done at military buildings in Limpopo

South African military bases get cool makeover with innovative paint

5 Mar 2024

Sakhisizwe to break ground in December on Nelson Mandela Bay housing development

Sakhisizwe to break ground in December on Nelson Mandela Bay housing development

22 Nov 2017

Future Cape Town unpacks affordable housing

10 Nov 2017

Belhar Gardens receives EDGE preliminary grading from GBCSA

Belhar Gardens receives EDGE preliminary grading from GBCSA

9 Nov 2017

Cape Town's city centre slum

Cape Town's city centre slum

Tariro Washinyira 9 Nov 2017

Blok to pilot 80:20 inclusionary housing model at Forty on L development

Blok to pilot 80:20 inclusionary housing model at Forty on L development

8 Nov 2017

Activists halt Woodstock eviction

Activists halt Woodstock eviction

Ashraf Hendricks 26 Oct 2017

(Source: Derou & Partners)

Confortis launches affordable housing hub Wellcity.O2

23 Oct 2017

How SA's urban sprawl trend is maintaining spatial divisions, resulting in poverty traps

How SA's urban sprawl trend is maintaining spatial divisions, resulting in poverty traps

19 Oct 2017

Top five South African consumer trends - Euromonitor

Top five South African consumer trends - Euromonitor

17 Oct 2017

CT releases prospectus for affordable housing developments in and around city centre

CT releases prospectus for affordable housing developments in and around city centre

4 Oct 2017

#InnovationMonth: Propertuity, LOT-EK collaborate on SA's first large-scale residential container development

#InnovationMonth: Propertuity, LOT-EK collaborate on SA's first large-scale residential container development

Sindy Peters 28 Sep 2017

The City of Cape Town has decided not to proceed with the expansion of Wolwerivier settlement. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

City of Cape Town shelves Wolwerivier housing project

Peter Luhanga 27 Sep 2017

Typical mass housing units in South Africa. Filckr/IGN11

South Africa's housing challenge seen through the lens of its third largest city

Glen Robbins 22 Sep 2017

4000 families to benefit from CT housing project

4000 families to benefit from CT housing project

14 Sep 2017

L-R: Ben Cousins from PLAAS, Aditya Kumar from DAG, Sarita Pillay from Ndifuna Ukwazi and Lauren Royston from SERI discuss land reform at the Open Book Festival.

Title deeds: how do we fix the system?

Ashleigh Furlong 11 Sep 2017

Over R650m redirected to metros infrastructure development

Over R650m redirected to metros infrastructure development

1 Sep 2017

Stellenbosch Square

Housing unit the weak link in SA Corporate results

Alistair Anderson 31 Aug 2017

'We should be able to stay in cities where we work'

'We should be able to stay in cities where we work'

Thembela Ntongana 30 Aug 2017

R188m for Joburg inner city housing

R188m for Joburg inner city housing

28 Aug 2017

Cape Town skyscraper to include “affordable” apartments

Cape Town skyscraper to include “affordable” apartments

Ashleigh Furlong 25 Aug 2017

CT revised development framework aims to reverse impact of apartheid spatial planning

CT revised development framework aims to reverse impact of apartheid spatial planning

3 Aug 2017

Western Cape proposes affordable houses near Waterfront

Western Cape proposes affordable houses near Waterfront

Natalie Pertsovsky 27 Jul 2017

City announces u-turn on social housing

City announces u-turn on social housing

Barbara Maregele 19 Jul 2017

Rejuvenating inner cities cannot be at the expense of communities

Rejuvenating inner cities cannot be at the expense of communities

13 Jul 2017

Artist’s impression of Bridge City affordable housing

Construction of Bridge City affordable housing project to start soon

5 Jul 2017

Community participation not simply a check-box task

Community participation not simply a check-box task

4 Jul 2017

Greater private sector support needed for transformation in property sector

Greater private sector support needed for transformation in property sector

28 Jun 2017

It's time to take affordable housing in SA to the next level

It's time to take affordable housing in SA to the next level

Leanne Govender 23 Jun 2017

City seeks more social housing partners to expedite provision of affordable housing

City seeks more social housing partners to expedite provision of affordable housing

23 Jun 2017

Eastern Cape invests R68m in social housing project

Eastern Cape invests R68m in social housing project

23 May 2017

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Sakhisizwe to break ground in December on Nelson Mandela Bay housing development

Sakhisizwe to break ground in December on Nelson Mandela Bay housing development

22 Nov 2017

Future Cape Town unpacks affordable housing

10 Nov 2017

Belhar Gardens receives EDGE preliminary grading from GBCSA

Belhar Gardens receives EDGE preliminary grading from GBCSA

9 Nov 2017

Cape Town's city centre slum

Cape Town's city centre slum

Tariro Washinyira 9 Nov 2017

Blok to pilot 80:20 inclusionary housing model at Forty on L development

Blok to pilot 80:20 inclusionary housing model at Forty on L development

8 Nov 2017

Activists halt Woodstock eviction

Activists halt Woodstock eviction

Ashraf Hendricks 26 Oct 2017

(Source: Derou & Partners)

Confortis launches affordable housing hub Wellcity.O2

23 Oct 2017

How SA's urban sprawl trend is maintaining spatial divisions, resulting in poverty traps

How SA's urban sprawl trend is maintaining spatial divisions, resulting in poverty traps

19 Oct 2017

Top five South African consumer trends - Euromonitor

Top five South African consumer trends - Euromonitor

17 Oct 2017

CT releases prospectus for affordable housing developments in and around city centre

CT releases prospectus for affordable housing developments in and around city centre

4 Oct 2017

#InnovationMonth: Propertuity, LOT-EK collaborate on SA's first large-scale residential container development

#InnovationMonth: Propertuity, LOT-EK collaborate on SA's first large-scale residential container development

Sindy Peters 28 Sep 2017

The City of Cape Town has decided not to proceed with the expansion of Wolwerivier settlement. Archive photo: Ashraf Hendricks

City of Cape Town shelves Wolwerivier housing project

Peter Luhanga 27 Sep 2017

Typical mass housing units in South Africa. Filckr/IGN11

South Africa's housing challenge seen through the lens of its third largest city

Glen Robbins 22 Sep 2017

4000 families to benefit from CT housing project

4000 families to benefit from CT housing project

14 Sep 2017

L-R: Ben Cousins from PLAAS, Aditya Kumar from DAG, Sarita Pillay from Ndifuna Ukwazi and Lauren Royston from SERI discuss land reform at the Open Book Festival.

Title deeds: how do we fix the system?

Ashleigh Furlong 11 Sep 2017

Over R650m redirected to metros infrastructure development

Over R650m redirected to metros infrastructure development

1 Sep 2017

Stellenbosch Square

Housing unit the weak link in SA Corporate results

Alistair Anderson 31 Aug 2017

'We should be able to stay in cities where we work'

'We should be able to stay in cities where we work'

Thembela Ntongana 30 Aug 2017

R188m for Joburg inner city housing

R188m for Joburg inner city housing

28 Aug 2017

Cape Town skyscraper to include “affordable” apartments

Cape Town skyscraper to include “affordable” apartments

Ashleigh Furlong 25 Aug 2017

CT revised development framework aims to reverse impact of apartheid spatial planning

CT revised development framework aims to reverse impact of apartheid spatial planning

3 Aug 2017

Western Cape proposes affordable houses near Waterfront

Western Cape proposes affordable houses near Waterfront

Natalie Pertsovsky 27 Jul 2017

City announces u-turn on social housing

City announces u-turn on social housing

Barbara Maregele 19 Jul 2017

Rejuvenating inner cities cannot be at the expense of communities

Rejuvenating inner cities cannot be at the expense of communities

13 Jul 2017

Artist’s impression of Bridge City affordable housing

Construction of Bridge City affordable housing project to start soon

5 Jul 2017

Community participation not simply a check-box task

Community participation not simply a check-box task

4 Jul 2017

Greater private sector support needed for transformation in property sector

Greater private sector support needed for transformation in property sector

28 Jun 2017

It's time to take affordable housing in SA to the next level

It's time to take affordable housing in SA to the next level

Leanne Govender 23 Jun 2017

City seeks more social housing partners to expedite provision of affordable housing

City seeks more social housing partners to expedite provision of affordable housing

23 Jun 2017

Eastern Cape invests R68m in social housing project

Eastern Cape invests R68m in social housing project

23 May 2017

In their rush to become "global", cities risk creating spatial apartheid

In their rush to become "global", cities risk creating spatial apartheid

Melissa Tandiwe Myambo 11 May 2017

Johannesburg and Accra, inching their way up the urban food chain

Johannesburg and Accra, inching their way up the urban food chain

Lesley Lokko 25 Apr 2017

Cape Town Central

2016 State of Cape Town Central City Report released

20 Apr 2017

Industry experts to address first-time buyers and property investors

Industry experts to address first-time buyers and property investors

Spintelligent 31 Mar 2017

Solving SA's housing crisis through public-private cooperation

Solving SA's housing crisis through public-private cooperation

30 Mar 2017

Bridge City development gains momentum

Bridge City development gains momentum

14 Mar 2017

Photo: Noah Schermbrucker

Building rules and regulations work against Cape Town's poor

Noah Schermbrucker 2 Feb 2017

The City of Cape Town has committed to turning the Woodstock clinic into social housing. The clinic will be relocated to District Six. Photo: Christine Hogg

City promises social housing in Woodstock

Christine Hogg 1 Feb 2017

#BizTrends2017: A look at the affordable housing space

#BizTrends2017: A look at the affordable housing space

Karen Petersen 10 Jan 2017

Government works to build six million houses

Government works to build six million houses

13 Dec 2016

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