The first phase of 700 houses in the N2 Gateway project will be ready for occupation within the next few weeks, Cape Town mayor Nomaindia Mfeketo said on Tuesday.
In a promise made by the city, the Gateway project is expected to deliver 22 000 homes by July, by upgrading established housing and building new houses along the N2 from the Cape Town International Airport towards the central city.
"The N2 Gateway Project is steaming ahead and the first phase of 700 houses will be ready for occupation by the end of September," said Mfeketo.
She said similar housing projects across the city, from Atlantis and Witsand in the north to Wallacedene, Delft, Kuils River, Macassar and the Strand in the south, were being driven "vigorously" by the city.
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Last week Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu said by the end of September people could move into the completed phase.
Sisulu said a number of units had already been completed, but people would be able to move in only at the completion of major construction.
Mfeketo added that the city would be accelerating its tenure options programme in line with the Integrated Human Settlements Plan, which governs the N2 Gateway project.
"In this regard, we are waiting for a response from the MEC of local government and housing to our request for consideration and approval of prices of all state-funded flats to be equalised at R7 500.
This will allow for free transfer of the units to their occupants, the majority of whom have been renting them for more than 20 years," said Mfeketo.
A survey of all flats that could be transferred immediately in areas like Kew Town, Hanover Park, Manenberg and Bellville South has already been conducted.
"In Bonteheuwel, we have already embarked on the transfer of flat duplexes and the process is going well," she said.
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This article was originally published on page 3 of Cape Times on August 31, 2005
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