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Brickvale RDP housing project
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Brickvale RDP housing project receives R1 BILLION

Affordable housing plan in Cape Town.
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Affordable housing plan in Cape Town: Where are we on that?

Communicare lost an eviction case.
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Communicare: Magistrate accused of bias in eviction case

Brickvale RDP housing project
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Brickvale RDP housing project receives R1 BILLION

Affordable housing plan in Cape Town.
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Affordable housing plan in Cape Town: Where are we on that?

Communicare lost an eviction case.
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Communicare: Magistrate accused of bias in eviction case

Gauteng housing
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Gauteng government backtracks on housing ‘mega project’ promise

By Ground Up02-11-2022 18:37

Gauteng Department of Human Settlements has cancelled housing plans due to “land invasions” and a shortage of suitable land.

Gauteng housing
Gauteng

Gauteng Govt ‘fails’ to meet almost ALL of its housing targets

By Weekend News Producer03-04-2022 17:32

0 out of 19!
The Gauteng Department OF Human Settlements is being SLAMMED for failing to meet its own housing targets for the year.

Military veterans gauteng
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Gauteng government provides 500 new houses to military veterans

By Siseko Gwegwe20-10-2021 11:11

A total of 500 military veterans have big smiles after picking up brand new keys to houses in Carltonville, West of Gauteng.

City of Cape Town to evict dozens of Observatory residents
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City of Cape Town to evict dozens of Observatory residents

By Ground Up04-06-2021 10:50

Shayne Taliona is one of about 30 people who now live at 2 Willow Road in divided rooms in the dilapidated circus school building.

Temporary housing material wor
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Temporary housing material worth R4 million left unused since 2018

By Ground Up05-03-2021 10:34

The material, being kept on vacant land at the airport in Plettenberg Bay, was meant for a Temporary Relocation Area for 71 households.

tiny home
Lifestyle

Home is where the pod is: You can now build a house for under R500k

By Mia Russell02-02-2021 14:57

Can’t afford to buy a house? It’s time to think outside the box, with containers and pod units providing a nifty, budget-beating alternative.

Mpumalanga stolen property
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Four bid evaluation committee members arrested for housing project fraud

By Andrea Chothia19-12-2020 14:13

Four committee members from the Housing Development Agency were arrested by the Hawks in different parts of Johannesburg on Friday.

Kensington housing renovated b
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Kensington housing renovated by ‘exceptional artisans’

By Ground Up17-12-2020 16:50

Cape Town residents have taken to social media to praise the body corporate of a well-known housing complex for hiring unemployed people.

Social housing cape town
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Will social housing projects in central Cape Town be cancelled?

By Andrea Chothia04-12-2020 13:54

Information has been circulating that social housing projects in central Cape Town will be cancelled. Is there any truth to it?

Police use rubber bullets to d
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Police use rubber bullets to disperse housing protesters

By Ground Up27-11-2020 12:35

Residents of Mkhondeni’s Sacca informal settlement blocked all access roads demanding answers for a housing project promised in 2017.

Some 300 people have been livi
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Some 300 people have been living in shipping containers for 10 years

By Ground Up17-11-2020 10:33

Green shipping containers are home to some 300 people after their original two-room units were demolished to make way for new homes.

Gauteng housing protest: Gover
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Gauteng housing protest: Government accused of breaking 2018 promise

By Ground Up22-10-2020 16:01

People from several Gauteng communities marched through central Johannesburg under the banner of the Gauteng Housing Crisis Committee (GHCC).

siberia russia tomsk wooden houses
Lifestyle

Siberia’s treasured wooden houses face uncertain future

By AFP14-10-2020 22:02

Some 2 900 kilometres east of Moscow, Tomsk is one of the oldest cities in Siberia, founded in 1604 on the banks of the river Tom.

Housing subsidies
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Three categories of housing subsidies now available in the Western Cape

By Andrea Chothia07-10-2020 15:41

The Western Cape Department of Human Settlements has made available three categories of housing subsidies to assist the most vulnerable.

Mosebenzi Zwane
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Former Free State MEC Mosebenzi Zwane unaware of Housing Act

By Andrea Chothia26-09-2020 12:18

Mosebenzi Zwane testified about the Free State Housing Project at the State Capture Commission on Friday 25 September.

Relocation of 1 500 Dunoon fam
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Relocation of 1 500 Dunoon families postponed until next year

By Ground Up08-09-2020 12:14

Residents were to be relocated to their new homes in Winning Way in July but it became clear that the deadline would not be met.

Over 1 000 homes promised: Fou
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Over 1 000 homes promised: Four years later and not one has been built

By Ground Up29-08-2020 15:16

Spokesperson for the current Human Settlements MEC Masiza Mazizi said it was due to a disagreement between the department and the contractor.

land invasions
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Occupiers rebuild demolished homes as they have no money for rent

By Ground Up27-08-2020 14:47

‘When we built our shack three weeks ago, we never thought they would be demolished. I lost my job as soon as the lockdown started.’

Tourism regulations
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Sisulu ‘studying’ report into Limpopo’s R2.4 million shack saga

By Thabo Baloyi26-08-2020 13:23

The Limpopo government came under fire for the multimillion rand shack project, prompting Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu to enter the fray and launch a probe

Drakenstein Municipality needs
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Drakenstein Municipality needs court explanation on what its duties are

By Ground Up08-08-2020 12:16

The Drakenstein Municipality says there is ‘very little room’ for a court to play a supervisory role over its emergency housing plan.

Tourism regulations
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Limpopo’s R2.4 million shack saga: Sisulu is ‘dissatisfied’

By Thabo Baloyi07-08-2020 08:29

Lindiwe Sisulu said a review on the project is being undertaken by the National Home Builders Registration Council, an agency of the Department that oversees quality assurance of all human settlements projects

Limpopo shacks
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Limpopo premier distances himself from R2.4 million shack scandal

By Thabo Baloyi04-08-2020 18:07

It’s understood that the provincial government forked out an estimated R60,000 for each shack.

District Six: This time the bu
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District Six: This time the bulldozers are there to build houses

By Ground Up24-07-2020 15:26

The Department of Agriculture, Land Reform and Rural Development is having the ground cleared as mandated by the courts.

Gugulethu residents protest ov
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Gugulethu residents protest over incomplete housing project

By Ground Up16-07-2020 12:58

‘Why is the City taking time to complete the project? The City thinks we are too lazy to protest but those days are over.’

‘Anti-social behaviour’ could
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‘Anti-social behaviour’ could disqualify you renting from the City

By Ground Up09-07-2020 11:30

This will be enforced as one of several proposed amendments to the City’s 2015 Allocation Policy for Housing Opportunities.

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