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    Reclaim the City demonstrated outside the Western Cape High Court in 2020, calling for the Tafelberg site to be used as affordable housing. Archive photo: James Stent / GroundUp
    Housing activists lose Tafelberg case 
    Is the supply of low income housing zero-rated or not?
    Is the supply of low income housing zero-rated or not?

      11 Oct 2018

    New fund invests R2bn into Joburg inner-city redevelopment
    New fund invests R2bn into Joburg inner-city redevelopment

    11 Oct 2018

    Paul Jackson, CEO of TUHF, joins Divercity Urban Property Fund board
    TUHF's Paul Jackson joins Divercity Urban Property Fund board

    10 Oct 2018

    L-R: Christian Agossa, director general of the mortgage refinance institution, UEMOA, and Stefan Nallemtaby, director of the financial sector development department, African Development Bank
    Affordable housing in Africa to take centre stage at upcoming conference

    8 Oct 2018

    Slum neighbourhood in Accra, Ghana. Image source:
    Accra's informal settlements are easing the city's urban housing crisis

      8 Oct 2018

    FNB awarded for tackling SA housing gap
    FNB awarded for tackling SA housing gap

    8 Oct 2018

    Ndifuna Ukwazi’s Nkosikhona Swartbooi addresses protesters outside the offices of Growthpoint Properties in Claremont. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks
    City lost R140m it could have spent on poor people, say protesters

      5 Oct 2018

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    Improved housing key element of land reform

    4 Oct 2018

    Good growth observed in office to residential conversions in certain regions
    Good growth observed in office to residential conversions in certain regions

    27 Sep 2018

    A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: A cottage for sale
    A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: A cottage for sale

      21 Sep 2018

    SA, Ecuador share notes on housing development
    SA, Ecuador share notes on housing development

    20 Sep 2018

    Affordable housing: City of Cape Town and developers at crossroads
    Affordable housing: City of Cape Town and developers at crossroads

      13 Sep 2018

    KwaMashu hostel residents fed up with city's neglect
    KwaMashu hostel residents fed up with city's neglect

      10 Sep 2018

    Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city
    Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city

      6 Sep 2018

    CT earmarks derelict sites in Parow for social housing
    CT earmarks derelict sites in Parow for social housing

    23 Aug 2018

    Tenants in city-owned houses on Maynard Street had until 16 August to respond to the city with a purchase offer. The city has valued the properties at between R2.6m and R4m; estate agents have said they’re worth between R1.5m and R1.7m. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana
    City of Cape Town wants millions from Maynard Street tenants

      22 Aug 2018

    The NU29 project was commissioned in 2014 to benefit poor families in the metro. Construction was abandoned halfway, leaving many unfinished flats. Photo: Joseph Chirume
    National government to "go after" housing officials, blacklist contractors for rotten buildings

      17 Aug 2018

    SA needs youth home-building plan
    SA needs youth home-building plan

      16 Aug 2018

    Residents facing eviction from these houses in Bromwell Street want the City of Cape Town to give them alternative accommodation near the City CBD. Photo: Rejul Bejoy
    Woodstock residents win right to challenge City of Cape Town on housing

      16 Aug 2018

    Occupiers of Cape Town buildings hold first congress
    Occupiers of Cape Town buildings hold first congress

      13 Aug 2018

    These RDP houses in Joe Slovo flood regularly. Photo: Joseph Chirume
    RDP houses built in a floodplain

      7 Aug 2018

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    Intergovernmental pact seeks to speed up housing in North West

    7 Aug 2018

    Parkwood housing project gets underway
    Parkwood housing project gets underway

      3 Aug 2018

    Cape Town's neglected council flats
    Cape Town's neglected council flats

      25 Jul 2018

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    CT housing crisis solution shortlisted in global competition

    9 Jul 2018

    Hundreds of backyarders, informal settlement dwellers and social housing tenants (or former tenants) marched to the provincial Department of Human Settlement on Wednesday. Photo: Thembela Ntongana
    Social housing residents demand option to buy homes

      5 Jul 2018

    Land occupations across the country have skyrocketed this year. New approaches are needed to solve the housing shortage. Archive photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana
    Can subsidised rentals help solve the housing crisis?

      28 Jun 2018

    Battle for Bo-Kaap's future remains ongoing
    Battle for Bo-Kaap's future remains ongoing

      27 Jun 2018

    City and provincial officials met with Parkwood community leaders on Tuesday to discuss potential sites for social and affordable housing. Photo: Barbara Maregele
    Western Cape government identifies seven possible housing sites

      21 Jun 2018

    Western Cape MEC for Human Settlements Bonginkosi Madikizela addressed the spate of land occupations in a press conference on Thursday, 14 June. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana
    We can't house everyone, says Bonginkosi Madikizela

      18 Jun 2018

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    Paul Jackson, CEO of TUHF, joins Divercity Urban Property Fund board
    TUHF's Paul Jackson joins Divercity Urban Property Fund board

    10 Oct 2018

    L-R: Christian Agossa, director general of the mortgage refinance institution, UEMOA, and Stefan Nallemtaby, director of the financial sector development department, African Development Bank
    Affordable housing in Africa to take centre stage at upcoming conference

    8 Oct 2018

    Slum neighbourhood in Accra, Ghana. Image source:
    Accra's informal settlements are easing the city's urban housing crisis

     8 Oct 2018

    FNB awarded for tackling SA housing gap
    FNB awarded for tackling SA housing gap

    8 Oct 2018

    Ndifuna Ukwazi’s Nkosikhona Swartbooi addresses protesters outside the offices of Growthpoint Properties in Claremont. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks
    City lost R140m it could have spent on poor people, say protesters

     5 Oct 2018

    Image source:
    Improved housing key element of land reform

    4 Oct 2018

    Good growth observed in office to residential conversions in certain regions
    Good growth observed in office to residential conversions in certain regions

    27 Sep 2018

    A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: A cottage for sale
    A South African's guide to moving to and making it in Malta: A cottage for sale

     21 Sep 2018

    SA, Ecuador share notes on housing development
    SA, Ecuador share notes on housing development

    20 Sep 2018

    Affordable housing: City of Cape Town and developers at crossroads
    Affordable housing: City of Cape Town and developers at crossroads

     13 Sep 2018

    KwaMashu hostel residents fed up with city's neglect
    KwaMashu hostel residents fed up with city's neglect

     10 Sep 2018

    Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city
    Cape Town approves rezoning of prime property for social housing in inner city

     6 Sep 2018

    CT earmarks derelict sites in Parow for social housing
    CT earmarks derelict sites in Parow for social housing

    23 Aug 2018

    Tenants in city-owned houses on Maynard Street had until 16 August to respond to the city with a purchase offer. The city has valued the properties at between R2.6m and R4m; estate agents have said they’re worth between R1.5m and R1.7m. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana
    City of Cape Town wants millions from Maynard Street tenants

     22 Aug 2018

    The NU29 project was commissioned in 2014 to benefit poor families in the metro. Construction was abandoned halfway, leaving many unfinished flats. Photo: Joseph Chirume
    National government to "go after" housing officials, blacklist contractors for rotten buildings

     17 Aug 2018

    SA needs youth home-building plan
    SA needs youth home-building plan

     16 Aug 2018

    Residents facing eviction from these houses in Bromwell Street want the City of Cape Town to give them alternative accommodation near the City CBD. Photo: Rejul Bejoy
    Woodstock residents win right to challenge City of Cape Town on housing

     16 Aug 2018

    Occupiers of Cape Town buildings hold first congress
    Occupiers of Cape Town buildings hold first congress

     13 Aug 2018

    These RDP houses in Joe Slovo flood regularly. Photo: Joseph Chirume
    RDP houses built in a floodplain

     7 Aug 2018

    Image source:
    Intergovernmental pact seeks to speed up housing in North West

    7 Aug 2018

    Parkwood housing project gets underway
    Parkwood housing project gets underway

     3 Aug 2018

    Cape Town's neglected council flats
    Cape Town's neglected council flats

     25 Jul 2018

    Image source:
    CT housing crisis solution shortlisted in global competition

    9 Jul 2018

    Hundreds of backyarders, informal settlement dwellers and social housing tenants (or former tenants) marched to the provincial Department of Human Settlement on Wednesday. Photo: Thembela Ntongana
    Social housing residents demand option to buy homes

     5 Jul 2018

    Land occupations across the country have skyrocketed this year. New approaches are needed to solve the housing shortage. Archive photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana
    Can subsidised rentals help solve the housing crisis?

     28 Jun 2018

    Battle for Bo-Kaap's future remains ongoing
    Battle for Bo-Kaap's future remains ongoing

     27 Jun 2018

    City and provincial officials met with Parkwood community leaders on Tuesday to discuss potential sites for social and affordable housing. Photo: Barbara Maregele
    Western Cape government identifies seven possible housing sites

     21 Jun 2018

    Western Cape MEC for Human Settlements Bonginkosi Madikizela addressed the spate of land occupations in a press conference on Thursday, 14 June. Photo: Mary-Anne Gontsana
    We can't house everyone, says Bonginkosi Madikizela

     18 Jun 2018

    Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers
    Affordable housing solutions in pipes, containers and 3D printers

     7 Jun 2018

    Drakenstein could be testing ground for land expropriation, says minister
    Drakenstein could be testing ground for land expropriation, says minister

     6 Jun 2018

    GCRO/Clive Hassel
    Why megaprojects to deliver houses in South Africa might not work

     24 May 2018

    Patricia de Lille proposes affordable housing in Cape Town's tallest skyscraper
    Patricia de Lille proposes affordable housing in Cape Town's tallest skyscraper

    21 May 2018

    Cape Town councillor promises new social housing by 2019
    Cape Town councillor promises new social housing by 2019

     14 May 2018

    The Red Location museum in New Brighton has been closed since 2013. The Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality intends to spend R21m re-opening it. Photo: Mwanda Mesatywa
    R22m Red Location Museum slowly being stripped nail by nail

     11 May 2018

    CoJ Draft Inclusionary Housing Policy could deter developers, says SAPOA
    CoJ Draft Inclusionary Housing Policy could deter developers, says SAPOA

    24 Apr 2018

    Housing microfinance can be win-win for poor people and financial institutions
    Housing microfinance can be win-win for poor people and financial institutions

    13 Apr 2018

    RIP Pam Golding
    RIP Pam Golding

    4 Apr 2018

    Cape Town to pilot "safe space" for homeless people
    Cape Town to pilot "safe space" for homeless people

     22 Mar 2018

    Court orders Brett Herron to explain emergency housing options
    Court orders Brett Herron to explain emergency housing options

     14 Mar 2018

    We need bowling greens and golf courses for affordable housing
    We need bowling greens and golf courses for affordable housing

     13 Mar 2018

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