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

Housing activists lose Tafelberg caseTania Broughton

CT housing crisis solution shortlisted in global competition

9 Jul 2018

Hundreds of backyarders, informal settlement dwellers and social housing tenants (or former tenants) marched to the provincial Department of Human Settlement on Wednesday. Photo: Thembela Ntongana

Social housing residents demand option to buy homes

Thembela Ntongana 5 Jul 2018

Land occupations across the country have skyrocketed this year. New approaches are needed to solve the housing shortage. Archive photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

Can subsidised rentals help solve the housing crisis?

GroundUp editors 28 Jun 2018

Battle for Bo-Kaap's future remains ongoing

Battle for Bo-Kaap's future remains ongoing

Aidan Jones 27 Jun 2018

City and provincial officials met with Parkwood community leaders on Tuesday to discuss potential sites for social and affordable housing. Photo: Barbara Maregele

Western Cape government identifies seven possible housing sites

Barbara Maregele 21 Jun 2018

Western Cape MEC for Human Settlements Bonginkosi Madikizela addressed the spate of land occupations in a press conference on Thursday, 14 June. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

We can't house everyone, says Bonginkosi Madikizela

Mary-Anne Gontsana 18 Jun 2018

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

Rina Chandran 7 Jun 2018

Drakenstein could be testing ground for land expropriation, says minister

Drakenstein could be testing ground for land expropriation, says minister

Barbara Maregele 6 Jun 2018

GCRO/Clive Hassel

Why megaprojects to deliver houses in South Africa might not work

Richard Ballard and Margot Rubin 24 May 2018

Patricia de Lille proposes affordable housing in Cape Town's tallest skyscraper

Patricia de Lille proposes affordable housing in Cape Town's tallest skyscraper

21 May 2018

Cape Town councillor promises new social housing by 2019

Cape Town councillor promises new social housing by 2019

Annie Cebulski 14 May 2018

The Red Location museum in New Brighton has been closed since 2013. The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality intends to spend R21m re-opening it. Photo: Mwanda Mesatywa

R22m Red Location Museum slowly being stripped nail by nail

Mwanda Mesatywa 11 May 2018

CoJ Draft Inclusionary Housing Policy could deter developers, says SAPOA

CoJ Draft Inclusionary Housing Policy could deter developers, says SAPOA

24 Apr 2018

Housing microfinance can be win-win for poor people and financial institutions

Housing microfinance can be win-win for poor people and financial institutions

13 Apr 2018

RIP Pam Golding

RIP Pam Golding

4 Apr 2018

Cape Town to pilot "safe space" for homeless people

Cape Town to pilot "safe space" for homeless people

Aidan Jones 22 Mar 2018

Court orders Brett Herron to explain emergency housing options

Court orders Brett Herron to explain emergency housing options

Barbara Maregele 14 Mar 2018

We need bowling greens and golf courses for affordable housing

We need bowling greens and golf courses for affordable housing

Nick Budlender 13 Mar 2018

Empower Shack long-listed for RIBA International Prize

Empower Shack long-listed for RIBA International Prize

12 Mar 2018

Housing picket outside Brett Herron's home

Housing picket outside Brett Herron's home

Barbara Maregele 7 Mar 2018

City says no money to house evictees in Woodstock

City says no money to house evictees in Woodstock

Barbara Maregele 2 Mar 2018

Crime mars Cape Town's largest social housing project

Crime mars Cape Town's largest social housing project

Ashraf Hendricks 21 Feb 2018

Housing shortage an opportunity for high investment yields

Housing shortage an opportunity for high investment yields

Kiara Suttner 13 Feb 2018

Success Marota, CFO: Joshco

#BizFinFocus: Neighbourhood watch of a different kind

8 Feb 2018

Filmmaker Michael Uwemedimo, one of the keynote speakers at the African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference, spoke about the violent ‘clearing’ of almost two million people and their waterfront houses in Port Harcourt, Nigeria to make way for development. Photo: Andy Mkosi

Housing crisis: data collection is critical

Sean O'Toole 5 Feb 2018

Innovative thinking vital for continued effectiveness of SA's affordable housing sector

Innovative thinking vital for continued effectiveness of SA's affordable housing sector

Leanne Govender 29 Jan 2018

Cape Town warns of housing fraudsters

Cape Town warns of housing fraudsters

18 Dec 2017

It's time to recognise how harmful high-rise living can be for residents

It's time to recognise how harmful high-rise living can be for residents

Royce Turner and Andrea Wigfield 11 Dec 2017

Property owners receive title deeds for Breaking New Ground housing developments

Property owners receive title deeds for Breaking New Ground housing developments

1 Dec 2017

Steenvilla in Cape Town’s south peninsula is an example of a rent-based state-subsidised social housing project. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Rent instead of owning: Is it a better model for low-income housing?

Maxwell Roeland 23 Nov 2017

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CT housing crisis solution shortlisted in global competition

9 Jul 2018

Hundreds of backyarders, informal settlement dwellers and social housing tenants (or former tenants) marched to the provincial Department of Human Settlement on Wednesday. Photo: Thembela Ntongana

Social housing residents demand option to buy homes

Thembela Ntongana 5 Jul 2018

Land occupations across the country have skyrocketed this year. New approaches are needed to solve the housing shortage. Archive photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

Can subsidised rentals help solve the housing crisis?

GroundUp editors 28 Jun 2018

Battle for Bo-Kaap's future remains ongoing

Battle for Bo-Kaap's future remains ongoing

Aidan Jones 27 Jun 2018

City and provincial officials met with Parkwood community leaders on Tuesday to discuss potential sites for social and affordable housing. Photo: Barbara Maregele

Western Cape government identifies seven possible housing sites

Barbara Maregele 21 Jun 2018

Western Cape MEC for Human Settlements Bonginkosi Madikizela addressed the spate of land occupations in a press conference on Thursday, 14 June. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

We can't house everyone, says Bonginkosi Madikizela

Mary-Anne Gontsana 18 Jun 2018

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

Rina Chandran 7 Jun 2018

Drakenstein could be testing ground for land expropriation, says minister

Drakenstein could be testing ground for land expropriation, says minister

Barbara Maregele 6 Jun 2018

GCRO/Clive Hassel

Why megaprojects to deliver houses in South Africa might not work

Richard Ballard and Margot Rubin 24 May 2018

Patricia de Lille proposes affordable housing in Cape Town's tallest skyscraper

Patricia de Lille proposes affordable housing in Cape Town's tallest skyscraper

21 May 2018

Cape Town councillor promises new social housing by 2019

Cape Town councillor promises new social housing by 2019

Annie Cebulski 14 May 2018

The Red Location museum in New Brighton has been closed since 2013. The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality intends to spend R21m re-opening it. Photo: Mwanda Mesatywa

R22m Red Location Museum slowly being stripped nail by nail

Mwanda Mesatywa 11 May 2018

CoJ Draft Inclusionary Housing Policy could deter developers, says SAPOA

CoJ Draft Inclusionary Housing Policy could deter developers, says SAPOA

24 Apr 2018

Housing microfinance can be win-win for poor people and financial institutions

Housing microfinance can be win-win for poor people and financial institutions

13 Apr 2018

RIP Pam Golding

RIP Pam Golding

4 Apr 2018

Cape Town to pilot "safe space" for homeless people

Cape Town to pilot "safe space" for homeless people

Aidan Jones 22 Mar 2018

Court orders Brett Herron to explain emergency housing options

Court orders Brett Herron to explain emergency housing options

Barbara Maregele 14 Mar 2018

We need bowling greens and golf courses for affordable housing

We need bowling greens and golf courses for affordable housing

Nick Budlender 13 Mar 2018

Empower Shack long-listed for RIBA International Prize

Empower Shack long-listed for RIBA International Prize

12 Mar 2018

Housing picket outside Brett Herron's home

Housing picket outside Brett Herron's home

Barbara Maregele 7 Mar 2018

City says no money to house evictees in Woodstock

City says no money to house evictees in Woodstock

Barbara Maregele 2 Mar 2018

Crime mars Cape Town's largest social housing project

Crime mars Cape Town's largest social housing project

Ashraf Hendricks 21 Feb 2018

Housing shortage an opportunity for high investment yields

Housing shortage an opportunity for high investment yields

Kiara Suttner 13 Feb 2018

Success Marota, CFO: Joshco

#BizFinFocus: Neighbourhood watch of a different kind

8 Feb 2018

Filmmaker Michael Uwemedimo, one of the keynote speakers at the African Centre for Cities International Urban Conference, spoke about the violent ‘clearing’ of almost two million people and their waterfront houses in Port Harcourt, Nigeria to make way for development. Photo: Andy Mkosi

Housing crisis: data collection is critical

Sean O'Toole 5 Feb 2018

Innovative thinking vital for continued effectiveness of SA's affordable housing sector

Innovative thinking vital for continued effectiveness of SA's affordable housing sector

Leanne Govender 29 Jan 2018

Cape Town warns of housing fraudsters

Cape Town warns of housing fraudsters

18 Dec 2017

It's time to recognise how harmful high-rise living can be for residents

It's time to recognise how harmful high-rise living can be for residents

Royce Turner and Andrea Wigfield 11 Dec 2017

Property owners receive title deeds for Breaking New Ground housing developments

Property owners receive title deeds for Breaking New Ground housing developments

1 Dec 2017

Steenvilla in Cape Town’s south peninsula is an example of a rent-based state-subsidised social housing project. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks

Rent instead of owning: Is it a better model for low-income housing?

Maxwell Roeland 23 Nov 2017

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

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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

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