The department of human settlements says it has had to juggle its budget, but more money has also been allocated to emergency housing.
The government has reallocated R300 million for rental relief support to social housing institutions during the national lockdown.
“We introduced two specific additions to our transfers to entities. We are introducing a R300 million allocation for affordable rental relief and a further R300 million for affordable rental relief for tenants who do not stay in social housing units. That is a work in progress, and we will come back to the committee once that framework is finalised,” he said.“What you will see, is the provincial emergency grant that has increased by R377 million to R672 million.
“I am saying so because we have to now go back and relook at all the relief measures that are now available to households, UIF and other issues. “We have to do things differently going forward because of Covid-19,” she said. “We are taking note of the fact that some budget cuts will have a negative impact on us.
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