New low cost housing for Scottsdene

By Mikhaila Crowie
19 September 2008

The City of Cape Town have identified 12 hectares of land in Scottsdene, for the development of low cost housing.

The deal has been finalised and the City will now appoint consultants, for the development outlay.

The City expects to build 6-hundred-and-83 houses.

Councillor Dan Plato, Mayoral Committee member for housing, said the target market for the new housing development are people on the council’s housing waiting list, particularly those who were longer on the waiting list.

Plato continued by saying the City has seen a dramatic increase in numbers of backyard communities.

“People have been living in the backyard communities for the past 15 to 20 years, so we are looking at portion of those people also, to benefit from this major housing project.”