Today, 18 March 2019, pensioner Nopasile Mfuyama, 87, received the keys to her new house in the Blue Downs/Eerste River Infill Sites Housing Project.

This Western Cape Government housing project consists of 184 BNG houses and is 82% complete.

‘It is always an honour to be part of a housing handover ceremony because it is an opportunity to congratulate and celebrate with the beneficiaries who are some of our most vulnerable residents for receiving their houses. Not only can they call these houses home, but through this housing handover, they have also been empowered to own property for the first time.

‘The City, together with the Western Cape Government, will continue to work together to ensure that housing opportunities are provided and allocated in accordance with the housing database and the Allocation Policy to qualifying applicants in a fair, transparent and equitable manner, and to prevent queue-jumping,’ said Councillor Booi.

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