Residents told they have no right to choose emergency accommodation
Some residents in Cape Town do not want to move to Wolwerivier but the city says it has met all requirements in providing alternative housing
Residents of Woodstock’s Bromwell Street in Cape Town have been told that they have no constitutional right to choose where they want to stay when provided emergency accommodation. This emerged on the second day of the relocation hearing between the residents and the City of Cape Town at the Western Cape High Court. Representing the city‚ Karrisha Pillay SC told the court that the city had met the requirements as set out in the national housing code in providing adequate and reasonable emergency accommodation for the residents. Families from seven homes in Bromwell Street face eviction after their and other homes on the road were sold to a private developer. While some left willingly‚ other families qualified for subsidised or gap housing. Only seven occupied houses remain‚ and the families who live in them have rejected the emergency housing in Wolwerivier on the outskirts of the city offered by the municipality. They have said the area is unsafe and too far from amenities such as ...
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