The Democratic Alliance (DA)’s
mayoral candidate for Cape Town, Geordin Hill-Lewis, has demanded that government-owned
land be released to build affordable housing for the people of Cape Town.
On Wednesday Lewis led a
demonstration outside the Department of Public Works building.
A memorandum listing the DA’s
proposal of how available land should be developed to benefit the poor was
handed over.
In the memorandum addressed to
Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Patricia de Lille, the DA stated that
there was a worsening housing shortage in Cape Town due to national
government’s refusal to sell or release available land.
The DA mayoral candidate said
parliamentary villages, where MPs live, should be handed over to those who
actually need homes.
The Ysterplaat Airforce Base
and Wingfield Military Base was also identified as locations that should be
converted into public housing.
By Danielle Mentoor
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