Human Settlements Strategy News Today

City mulls new draft strategy to tackle Cape housing demand By Staff Reporter Share Cape Town - The City of Cape Town’s new draft Human Settlements Strategy has begun to the lengthy process to council as the City seeks to find new solutions for the housing demand. The City said that demand for affordable housing in Cape Town and other cities in South Africa is acute, and that the State, or a municipality, does not have the financial resources, nor the availability of suitable land, to tack...

One step closer to inclusionary housing in Cape Town 14 Dec 2020 Recouping public good in the form of affordable housing from private developments is a powerful tool with which to tackle equitable access to land and the right to a home. The recent settlement of litigation around The Vogue property development between Ndifuna Ukwazi (NU) and the City of Cape Town (the City) inches our city one step closer to a more just and equal Cape Town. “Litigation is a political tool that, when used strat...