Social housing was a hot-button issue at a Cape Town City Council meeting on Thursday, with DA Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis announcing two inner-city properties set to deliver about 760 affordable housing units.
At a full council sitting on Thursday, Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis announced that more than 760 social housing units near Cape Town’s city centre were to be developed.to approve the start of public participation in the city’s intention to release properties in Newmarket Street in Woodstock and Pickwick Street in Salt River for the development of social housing.
The Newmarket Street project “is set to include around 365 mixed-market units and 165 social housing units,” said Hill-Lewis. “The second property on the agenda today is Pickwick, a major development, which should include some 600 social housing units,” he added.affordable homes in mixed-income developments,I’ve got progress to report: Today, we approved two parcels for release to build social housing. These two parcels will deliver over 700 units right near the city bowl. Our pledge was to speed up land release for more affordable housing.
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