Cape Town to deliver more than 760 social housing units…Posted by On


At a full council sitting on Thursday, Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis announced that more than 760 social housing units near Cape Town’s city centre were to be developed. 

He asked the municipal council to approve the start of public participation in the city’s intention to release properties in Newmarket Street in Woodstock and Pickwick Street in Salt River for the development of social housing. 

The Newmarket Street project “is set to include around 365 mixed-market units and 165 social housing units,” said Hill-Lewis. 

“The second property on the agenda today is Pickwick, a major development, which should include some 600 social housing units,” he added.  

Together, the Newmarket Street and Pickwick projects are set to deliver more than 760 affordable homes in mixed-income developments, near the City Bowl. 

 

Addressing council members, Hill-Lewis said the city had more than 6,500 social housing units in the pipeline across 50 land packages. These include 2,000 social housing units in central Cape Town and a further 2,500 opportunities –…

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