​With regard to the eviction of residents from Woodstock, the City cannot legally get involved in a matter between a private landowner and his/her tenants.

These are private evictions, of which the eviction orders have been granted by the Court. But, in general, we are working hard to enable subsidised accommodation for our more vulnerable residents in the near inner-city areas and across the metro. There are currently earmarked near-inner city social housing projects in the Woodstock and Salt River area. City-wide, we have budgeted approximately R230 million in this financial year for social housing projects alone.

We are also looking at innovative ways to help us carry the cost of public infrastructure and social housing developments, such as the social housing components that we’ve made a requirement of the Clifton Precinct and the Foreshore Freeway Precinct Developments. We hope to see more of these collaborations in the future.

The expansion of the MyCiTi bus service to previously neglected and far-flung areas such as Atlantis, Imizamo Yethu and Hangberg, is a clear example of including previously excluded persons by connecting them with world-class public transport infrastructure.

A key intervention to transform the metro over the next decades is our Transit-Oriented Development framework which, among others, will hold substantial benefits for lower-income households. We’re focusing on redevelopment options in two development corridors – the Voortrekker Road Corridor and the South East Corridor.

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