Housing advocacy group Ndifuna Ukwazi has urged the City of Cape Town to adopt a “moral budget” in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. TheCapeArgus
In a statement, the group said: “The economic burden of the Covid-19 pandemic has disproportionately been borne by the poor and working class. Many have lost their jobs or livelihoods, face income and/or food insecurity and, despite a national moratorium, face eviction and removal from their homes as a result of insecure tenure.”
“The Covid-19 crisis and the lockdown have, and will continue to have, serious and long-standing economic ramifications which will require the City to provide Capetonians with substantive economic and social relief,” the group stated. The group also suggested halting any increase in the cost of basic services, as well as implement a rental forgiveness clause for tenants of Council-owned housing.
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