It’s all system go! The DA-led City of Johannesburg is converting 71 City Owned properties into quality low cost income houses for the poor South Africans. Many of these buildings were abandoned and hijacked, mostly used for illegal activities.
The revitalization of the Inner City has been a critical component of the City administration. One of the biggest challenges the Inner City is facing is the access to affordable housing and the increase in hijacked buildings.
“This initiative forms part of the our efforts to reclaim the Inner City, and to intensify multidisciplinary raids of the hijacked buildings in order to fight criminal slum lords who live off the desperate needs of the residents.”
Executive Mayor – Herman Mashaba
The Inner City Housing Implementation Plan is set to make the this housing market work better for the poor. Public-Private partnerships are crucial to this strategic approach, and the management of these relationships between the City, developers and community will be key to ensuring that the pro-poor principle of the project is upheld.
The DA-led metro’s promise to turn Jozi into a vibrant hub, where residents can live an work, is well under way.
Mayor Herman Mashaba is adamant:
“We will turn the Inner City into the heartbeat of Jozi, a place of opportunity for all our residents.