Minister Madikizela Continues With Affordable Housing Roadshow In The West Coast

The Affordable Housing Roadshow by the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements will on Monday, 18 September 2017, be held in the Swartland Municipality. The roadshow will continue during the month of September as the Department travels across the province to participate in workshops targeted at the GAP/affordable market. Provincial Minister Bonginkosi Madikizela will deliver the keynote address at these workshops.

Details are as follow:

Swartland Municipality

Venue: Swartland Town Hall, corner Kerk & Renier Streets, Malmesbury
Date: Monday, 18 September 2017
Time: 16h00 – 17h30

Saldanha Bay Municipality

Venue: Louwville Community Hall, corner of Maclon & Piet-my-Vrou Streets, Vredenburg
Date: Tuesday, 19 September 2017
Time: 15h00 -16h30

The Affordable Roadshow is an initiative by the Western Cape Department of Human Settlements to inform the public of the programmes available for people seeking access to affordable housing.  It will do this by highlighting the following:

• Planning for Affordable Housing projects in various municipalities.
• The growth in the need for affordable housing by municipality and the province as a whole    
• Assistance available for people wishing to purchase a home. This refers to the Finance Linked Institutional Subsidy Programme (FLISP). It providesIt is available to people earning between R3 500 and R 15 000. It can be used to purchase any residential property or previously subsidised housing stock as well as to build as house on a serviced stand (by NHBRC approved builders).
• Social Housing.  This is a rental option, currently available to people earning between R1 500 and R 7 500 per month. It provides for secure long-term rental in properties owned and managed by Social Housing Institutions. These institutions are not government entities and are independently managed. Social Housing is delivered in designated Restructuring Zones which allows for highly favourable rental rates.

Other municipal areas to be visited during September include Witzenberg and Langeberg municipalities.

Details will be made available during the course of the month.

All media houses are invited to attend.