The lives of countless disadvantaged Cape Town families are being transformed thanks to the Goodwood Station social housing project.
Cape Town, South Africa (05 August 2024) – Finally escaping the cramped, often uncomfortable conditions of a shack and moving into a proper home would be a life-changing experience. This is a reality Capetonian Lutho Dungulu can now fully appreciate.
He was among the many families living in informal settlements who were overjoyed to be presented with their new homes at Goodwood Station as part of the government social housing project.
A now-viral image shows the Lutho smiling from ear to ear as marvels at his new apartment after having lived in a shack.
Cape Town Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis and Councillor Carl Pophaim, member of the Mayoral Committee for Human Settlements, welcomed new tenants at the 1,055-unit Goodwood Station social housing project on Thursday, 1 August 2024.
Imagine having your own private space and a sense of security when you previously had none! 160 families will be welcomed to their apartments during the month of August and we can only imagine what a relief and joy this must be for them.
“It was wonderful to meet tenants, like Lutho Dungulu and others, who currently live in informal settlements, but who are now moving into these lovely new units,’ said Mayor Hill-Lewis.
About the housing project
According to the City of Cape Town, tenanting at the R500 million housing development should be complete by October 2024.
The City has provided grant funding, land for parking, and various rates discounts and incentives to enable a viable social housing project at Goodwood Station.
The project is a partnership between various government departments, including the City, National, and Provincial Departments of Human Settlements, the Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA), DCI Community Housing Services (the social housing institution undertaking the development), the Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (Prasa), and the Infrastructure Fund.
Sources: City of Cape Town
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Good things is bringing a Game changer with this young child mayor of Capetown. I am one of the people who has been longing for better things to hear . Iam 72 and VERY tired and bored of NEGATIVE news in South Africa..
all my years
so yes thanks for housing people…this is the beginning of Good Things nakanjani KAPA
So living in a hokkie by choice, the government must do proper vetting when handing over houses. The real people from Cape Town don’t get this. That’s the same individual that caused havoc when there is no service delivery. Come on South Africa.