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You can contact the Housing Enquiries Hotline or approach your municipality.
It is illegal for a family to own more than one RDP house.
No, you need to find out who the owner of the property is.
The rate of tax is lower if you were retrenched.
The letter of authority goes to one of her three children.
You can lay a complaint at the Rental Housing Tribunal.
Your permit is still considered valid if it expired on or after 15 March.
You can still apply for a temporary ID at Home Affairs.
You can approach a pro bono legal organisation for help.
The children qualify as an indigent household.