| Cape Town releases more land for affordable housing worth over 1 300 units | Cape Town releases more land for affordable housing worth over 1 300 units | | <img alt="" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/PublishingImages/Building%20plan%20applications%20Header.jpg" style="BORDER:0px solid;" /> | <p>The City of Cape Town is set to release five more properties for affordable housing development totalling 1 300 units following City Council approval on 30 October 2024. Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis said in his address to Council that this would be a game changer for families in need of well-located affordable rental housing. Efforts to enable affordable housing opportunities are under way on well-located land across the metro, with the City’s pipeline now standing at over 12 000 affordable units. </p> | <span><p>The properties are located in Lansdowne (308 units), Ottery (375), Brackenfell (145), Wesfleur (116), and Belhar (400), with the land release following the completion of public participation in these areas. </p><p>Public participation will also take place on the proposed release of portions of Mowbray Golf Course for a major long-term development spanning over 42 hectares following Council approval on Wednesday. Further details on the public participation period will follow in due course.<br> <br>In under two years, various municipal-owned properties – with a yield of over 4 200 units - have already been released as part of the Mayoral Priority Programme for accelerated land release for affordable housing. Overall, the City has some 12 000 affordable units in the pipeline.</p>
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<img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/MAYOR%20AFFORDABLE%20HOUSING1.JPG" alt="" style="width:949px;" /> </figure></span><span><p>‘Bit by bit, property by property, we are changing the affordable housing picture in Cape Town. Each of these developments might seem relatively small on their own compared to the pressing overall need. But take a step back and look at the full scale of our affordable housing pipeline, and you will see that housing in our city is undergoing a transformation. </p><p>‘These properties will deliver more than just nice new homes for Cape Town families. It’s about the potential that this home has to change your path in life, to let you build something for your family, to give your children a better opportunity to make the most of their own lives. And we want to do this for thousands more Cape Town families,’ said Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis.<br> <br>The City foresees around 375 social housing units in a development of between two and four storeys on the Ottery site, while the Lansdowne site will deliver around 308 units in a four-storey development.</p>
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<img class="responsive" src="https://resource.capetown.gov.za/cityassets/Media%20Images%202/MAYOR%20AFFORDABLE%20HOUSING%202.JPG" alt="" style="width:2137px;" /> </figure></span><p>The Brackenfell property is earmarked for a mixed-use development that will include around 115 social housing units, 30 gap housing units, and retail space.</p><p>The other two properties – one in the Robinvale area of Wesfleur, and the other in Belhar – will be developed for single residential gap housing units. </p><p>Both the Wesfleur and the Belhar properties are in established residential areas, close to schools, churches and transport corridors, and are ideally situated for gap housing developments, which is housing aimed at people who fall in that income gap of not earning enough to qualify for a home loan, but earning too much to qualify for housing subsidies.</p><p>The City estimates that the Wesfleur property will deliver around 116 gap housing units, while the Belhar property should yield around 400 gap housing units.</p><p>‘As is the case with all our other affordable housing projects, we will discount all these parcels of land to the housing developer in exchange for the optimal yield of social and gap housing units under our newly developed guidelines for land release. The affordable housing developments that we are enabling add real value to neighbourhoods and in many cases, invigorates and revitalises areas due to the investment,’ said the City’s Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Councillor Carl Pophaim. </p><p>‘We look forward to enabling many more affordable housing opportunities. These have proven to be a game changer for the thousands of families already tenanted at various well-located developments around the metro, including Maitland Mews in the inner city, Bothasig Gardens, Goodwood Station, and the Western Cape Government’s Conradie Park development in Pinelands,’ said Councillor Pophaim. </p><p>Caption: Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis addresses City Council on land release for affordable housing on 30 October 2024.</p><p> <br>End<br></p><span></span><span></span> | 2024-10-29T22:00:00Z | GP0|#1d539e44-7c8c-4646-887d-386dc1d95d70;L0|#01d539e44-7c8c-4646-887d-386dc1d95d70|City news;GTSet|#62efe227-07aa-45e7-944c-ceebacca891d | | | | | GP0|#a4eccbe6-2bec-49aa-ad58-8ed41a372c82;L0|#0a4eccbe6-2bec-49aa-ad58-8ed41a372c82|housing;GTSet|#2e3de6c1-9951-4747-8f53-470629a399bb;GP0|#90b49a62-96e2-436a-9c68-187c9ab33534;L0|#090b49a62-96e2-436a-9c68-187c9ab33534|Mayor;GTSet|#2e3de6c1-9951-4747-8f53-470629a399bb | 1 | | | | | | | | | | | 0 |
