Infrastructure
Answered by:
Hon Tertuis Simmers
Question Number:
1
Question Body:
Hon Jacobs.
(a) What are the details of all the projects that have been allocated to Communicare for social housing in the 2024/25 financial year, (b) how many of these projects have been finalised and (c) what are the reason or reasons why some projects have not been finalised?
Answer Body:
- Communicare currently has one project allocated for social housing, which is the Salt River Market Social Housing Project, comprising the development of 300 social rental units. The City of Cape Town (CoCT) awarded the site to Communicare, by means of the conclusion of a land sale agreement, in September 2022. Subsequently, the Department of Infrastructure endorsed the project, during the last quarter of the 2023/2024 financial year, to proceed through the further Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA) assessment phases.
- The Salt River Market Social Housing Project is still in the final planning and packaging stage and has not yet been finalised. Grant funding approval, for the implementation of the project, is still to be provided by the SHRA.
- Communicare submitted the grant funding application, for the Salt River Market Social Housing project, to the SHRA during the 2024/2025 financial year. Following the initial screening process, the SHRA requested additional information, to which Communicare has responded. The project is now undergoing further assessment by the SHRA. The project is part of the social housing pipeline that is awaiting funding allocation by the SHRA. Furthermore, the CoCT is responsible for relocating all existing illegal occupants that are currently residing on the site, to ensure vacant occupation, before the land transfer takes place. The CoCT is currently undertaking this relocation process.
Date:
Friday, March 7, 2025
