Change your property rating category
Apply to change your property category
If your property meets the ownership and usage requirements of the following categories, we encourage you to apply to have your current property category changed. If all the requirements are met, a reduced rate-in-the-rand assigned to the property category will apply
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A full definition of the property ownership and use applicable to that property category can be found on the application form.
Download and complete the relevant application form from the list below and submit to the email address provided in the adjacent column.
For more information, read our
General and Supplementary Valuations FAQs.
supplementary valuations
Once all documents have been submitted, our
Valuations Department will investigate. If a property category change is necessary, your property will be included in the next
Supplementary Valuation. You will be informed in writing that your property has been included and of the outcome.
Requirements for a property owned by a PBO
Read the requirements below to find out if your property should be categorised as Property owned by a Public Benefit Organisations (PBO) and used for specified public benefit activity:
For your property to be categorised as a PBO, the following is required:
- The registered owner of the property must be a registered PBO;
- The user (lessee) must be a
registered PBO; and
- Your property must be used for specified public benefit activities in accordance with items 1, 2 or 4, Part 1 of the 9th Schedule of the Income Tax Act, such as:
- Education and development
- Healthcare
- Welfare and humanitarian
For more information, read our
General and Supplementary Valuations and Property Rates FAQs.
Requirements for a property owned by a SHRA accredited Social Housing Institution / Other Delivery Agents
Read the requirements below to find out if your property should be categorised as Property owned by a SHRA accredited Social Housing Institution/ Other Delivery Agents (ODA) and used for social housing:
Properties registered in the name of a SHRA-accredited Social Housing Institutions or accredited ODA’s must provide the residential property units on the property to house tenants as their primary place of residence, whose gross monthly income is spread within the income bands determined by SHRA guidelines and regulations in order for the property to be categorised as such.
The Social Housing Institutions or ODA’s must apply to the Director: Director Human Settlements Planning.
The following documentation from SHRA must be included in the annual application:
- Company or project (in the case of ODAs) accreditation certificate from SHRA; and
- Letter from SHRA confirming that the:
a) Project is accredited and under regulation and evaluated on a quarterly basis;
b) Property contains an appropriate income group spread.
All documentation must be emailed to
affordable.housing-rates@capetown.gov.za .
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