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Western Cape s human settlements has raised concerns over illegal land invasions that continue to rise, despite the millions spent to prevent it.
For the 2020/21 financial year, the Western Cape human settlements department spent more than R355.8m to prevent illegal land invasions and the occupation of completed units.
People with genuine housing needs are urged to ensure that they register on the housing demand database.
The Western Cape Department of Human Settlements has raised its concern over illegal land invasions that continue to rise, despite the millions spent on preventing it.
Between July 2020 to the second week of April 2021, there had been 1 078 attempts of illegal land invasions across the province, with the majority being in the City of Cape Town.
The Western Cape Department of Human Settlements will use its own limited budget to ensure that more than 8 000 beneficiaries become homeowners this financial year, writes Matlhodi Maseko.
Houses built in a previous phase of the UISP in Thembalethu.
GEORGE NEWS - Building is under way for the last 37 houses of a 700-unit housing project that commenced in Thembalethu in February 2017.
Municipal Director of Human Settlements Charles Lubbe said phase one of the Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme (UISP) was coming to a close with the second-last batch of 50 completed and transferred to owners at the end of last year.
“This project has been life-changing for 700 new homeowners and the municipality is proud of its role in administering the process.”
The last section of the project is situated on land where beneficiaries had been temporarily relocated while their houses were being built.
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