Media Alert: Executive Mayor to Launch Rental Unit Upgrade in Uitsig

The Executive Mayor of Cape Town, Alderman Dan Plato, will officiate at the launch of the rental unit upgrade project in Uitsig. Mayoral Committee Member for Housing, Councillor Shehaam Sims, will also deliver an address to tenants living in Uitsig at the event.

Date: Tuesday 13 April

Time: 10:00

Venue: Uitsig Civic Centre, Hibiscus Close, Uitsig

All media are welcome to attend.

During Phase One of the project, properties will receive both basic refurbishments and upgrades in terms of the national Community Residential Unit (CRU) Policy. This first phase incorporates seven thousand seven hundred and seventy five (7 775) CRU rental properties in eleven (11) project areas across Cape Town.

The project areas include rental units in:

• Scottsville
• Scottsdene
• Manenberg
• Heideveld
• Hanover Park
• Uitsig
• Woodlands
• Connaught in Elsies River
• The Range in Bishop Lavis
• Marble Flats in Ottery

Project funding has been approved by the Provincial Government of the Western Cape for most of the developments. Further funding will be provided by National Government, according to the CRU Policy, and is estimated at over R1 billion for the first phase alone. The project will be rolled out to the various project areas as the funds are received by the City of Cape Town.

The rental unit upgrade project was first launched in Kewtown in January 2010.

Issued by:
Lisle Brown
Media Liaison Officer
City of Cape Town
Tel: 021 400 3065
Cell: 084 888 1901