Human settlement department allocates R10bn to upgrade informal settlements 18 May 2021 - 17:42 Image: THULANI MBELE
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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Housing subsidy for middle income earners now available
The government has urged citizens who earn between R3501 and R22 000 a month to apply for a housing subsidy to buy their first property.
Minister of Human Settlements Water and Sanitation, Lindiwe Sisulu, has called on citizens who want to buy a home or property for the first time to apply for a government housing subsidy.
The government’s Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) aims to encourage home ownership among people who earn between R3501 and R22 000 a month. The applicants must have applied for a home loan with an accredited banking institution or a non-bank financial institution.
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