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Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city

Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city

Thembela Ntongana 6 Sep 2018

CT earmarks derelict sites in Parow for social housing

CT earmarks derelict sites in Parow for social housing

23 Aug 2018

Tenants in city-owned houses on Maynard Street had until 16 August to respond to the city with a purchase offer. The city has valued the properties at between R2.6m and R4m; estate agents have said they’re worth between R1.5m and R1.7m. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana

City of Cape Town wants millions from Maynard Street tenants

Tara Osborne 22 Aug 2018

The NU29 project was commissioned in 2014 to benefit poor families in the metro. Construction was abandoned halfway, leaving many unfinished flats. Photo: Joseph Chirume

National government to "go after" housing officials, blacklist contractors for rotten buildings

Joseph Chirume 17 Aug 2018

SA needs youth home-building plan

SA needs youth home-building plan

Berry Everitt 16 Aug 2018

Residents facing eviction from these houses in Bromwell Street want the City of Cape Town to give them alternative accommodation near the City CBD. Photo: Rejul Bejoy

Woodstock residents win right to challenge City of Cape Town on housing

Barbara Maregele and Tara Osborne 16 Aug 2018

Occupiers of Cape Town buildings hold first congress

Occupiers of Cape Town buildings hold first congress

Phathiswa Shushwana 13 Aug 2018

These RDP houses in Joe Slovo flood regularly. Photo: Joseph Chirume

RDP houses built in a floodplain

Joseph Chirume 7 Aug 2018

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Intergovernmental pact seeks to speed up housing in North West

7 Aug 2018

Parkwood housing project gets underway

Parkwood housing project gets underway

Barbara Maregele 3 Aug 2018

Cape Town's neglected council flats

Cape Town's neglected council flats

Mary-Anne Gontsana and Thembela Ntongana 25 Jul 2018

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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

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