Green light for public engagement on Cape Town housing project

The City of Cape Town Mayor, Geordin Hill-Lewis, says they’ve been given the green light to start a public participation process on a social housing project in Rondebosch East. He says the seven hectares of city-owned land are at the corner of Kromboom Road and Seventh Avenue.

Hill-Lewis says that the land could accommodate 800 residential units. He says the mixed development will include affordable housing and retail opportunities.

“This is part of our efforts that we have been making over the last two years to get land through our city system out for more affordable accommodation throughout the city and we have had a good success on that. We have got more land released in the past two years than the ten years before that – we really are pushing hard. The city doesn’t have a lot of parcels of land all over the place – the land parcels that we do have we are trying, moving through the system to get out for affordable accommodation.”

Exciting news! We’re moving forward with another land release for more affordable housing in Rondebosch East! 🏡🤍

This well located housing project will bring more people closer to job opportunities and public transport 🚌📍

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— Geordin Hill-Lewis (@geordinhl) August 15, 2024

Rondebosch East | Land allocated for social housing in W Cape