Housing

Repossession of homes: Nedbank responds to criticism

Nedbank does not make a profit from repossessions, says the bank

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Right to reply | 6 December 2017

What happens when people in state housing cannot pay the rent?

A look at what happened at Steenvilla, Cape Town’s largest social housing complex

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Feature | 5 December 2017

Don’t separate husbands and wives in shelters, says court

Residents of shelters have rights to privacy and dignity, Constitutional Court finds

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Law | 5 December 2017

Zuma promised me a house

73-year-old amputee lives alone in dilapidated mud home

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Brief | 1 December 2017

Property developers booted off Obz Civic Association

“The attempted ‘hijacking’ of the civic body has actually energised the community in a way that we haven’t seen for years.”

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News | 29 November 2017

Municipality accused of corruption opposes audit

“We want our houses back” shout residents

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News | 28 November 2017

Activist groups unite to fight evictions

Scathing criticism of Durban Municipality for not responding adequately to Foreman Road fire

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News | 24 November 2017

Families evicted at Cape Town’s biggest social housing complex

Tenants cried as their furniture was moved onto lawns outside Steenvilla

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Brief | 23 November 2017

Rent instead of owning: Is it a better model for low-income housing?

We explain an important part of the government housing programme

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Feature | 22 November 2017

Why Woodstock needs affordable housing

Affordable housing is necessary. Let’s work together to make it a success

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Opinion | 20 November 2017

Beacon Bay community takes protest to mayor

Showdown looms as residents demand timeframes but Xola Pakati refuses to give any.

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News | 17 November 2017

“Nowhere to hold my brother’s funeral”

Pietermaritzburg families’ long wait for promised houses

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News | 14 November 2017

Family of 8 live in one-room mud house

Disabled daughter doesn’t get her grant because of a birth certificate problem

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News | 11 November 2017

Fire in Cape Town inner city slum

Families now have to sleep in a hall inside the building

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Brief | 10 November 2017

“I’m 83 years old and I will die homeless”

Elderly residents of Pietermaritzburg are renting RDP houses they had hoped to own

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News | 10 November 2017

Affordable housing in Cape Town: are we being fooled?

Rush to build it all in Woodstock and Salt River

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Opinion | 9 November 2017