Human settlement department allocates R10bn to upgrade informal settlements

Human settlement department allocates R10bn to upgrade informal settlements
18 May 2021 - 17:42
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Government has allocated R10bn to upgrade informal settlements across the country over the next three years.
This was announced by human settlements minister Lindiwe Sisulu in the National Assembly during her budget vote for the 2021/2022 financial year.
Sisulu said the department wants to upgrade 679 informal settlements across the country this year.
More than half of these settlements are based in country’s big metros.  
Sisulu told parliament that the Social Housing Regulatory Authority will start disbursing R300m of the R600m rental relief , as soon as all the necessary checks and balances are in place.

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