Cape Town - The provincial Department of Human Settlements says the housing waiting list is not a myth and that residents can view it at its various offices.
This follows a Cape Argus report on a study by the Socio-Economic Rights Institute and the Community Law Centre at UWC which said there was no waiting list as such; there was a range of highly differentiated, and sometimes contradictory, policies and systems to respond to housing needs.
Bonginkosi Madikizela, MEC for human settlements, said: “This is not a myth. In every system there must be control measures… People are allowed to view where they are on the list at various offices.”
Cape Argus