We welcome the near-completion of Phase 1 construction at Conradie Park, with beneficiaries set to move in between November this year and February 2022. This first phase consists of 432 social housing units and is the first trench of the 1 250 units envisioned for the development. Conradie Park is part of the provincial government’s efforts to bring residents close to economic opportunities and public services. This housing project includes a variety of opportunities, such as Financed Linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) units as well as open market units.
More than this, it is important to not simply build houses alone but also help build communities. This is why the construction of a retail centre and a school for this community will break ground in the first quarter of next year. This R3-billion development stands to create over 3 500 homes on 22 hectares close to the Cape Town CBD, and will have medical facilities, crèches, a town square and a number of parks for residents to enjoy.
MPP Matlhodi Maseko says: “It is with great excitement that we see progress at the Conradie Park development in Pinelands. This development offers government housing subsidies for residents earning between R1 500 and R22 000 a month, as well open market apartment blocks. In May this year, construction started on the 266 FLISP units which have already been sold to qualifying individuals, and with the sale of 60 more units already open to the database of beneficiaries and to the public.
The construction of phase 2 at Conradie Park will begin in the first quarter of next year and developed a further 656 units for those earning between R1 500 and R15 000 a month.
This mixed-used, mixed-income development will change the spatial landscape of the entire area. Affordable and inclusionary housing developments in partnership with the private sector is our best chance of meeting the housing demands for Cape Town and combating Apartheid spatial planning’s legacy.”