The City of Cape Town is set to release five more properties for affordable housing development to yield 1 300 units following the completion of public participation.
The properties are in Lansdowne (308 units), Ottery (375), Brackenfell (145), Wesfleur (116) and Belhar (400).
Public participation will also take place on the proposed release of portions of Mowbray Golf Course for a major long-term development spanning over 42 hectares.
Over the past two years, the municipality has released various properties, with a yield of over 4 200 units, as part of its 12 000 affordable unit pipeline.
The City foresees around 375 social housing units in a development between two and four storeys at the Ottery site with the Lansdowne site to deliver around 308 units in a four-storey development.
The Brackenfell property is earmarked for mixed-use development to include around 115 social housing units, 30 GAP housing units, and retail space.
The other two properties – one in the Robinvale area of Wesfleur, and the other in Belhar – will be developed for single residential GAP housing units.
The municipality estimates that the Wesfleur property will deliver around 116 GAP housing units, while the Belhar property should yield around 400 GAP housing units.
Further details on the public participation period will follow in due course.
