Poor Woodstock families facing eviction ask court for better accommodation
Woodstock is among Cape Town’s trendiest suburbs. It is home to one of the world’s best restaurants — and also underprivileged families who have been fighting eviction for more than a year. On Tuesday they were back in the High Court in Cape Town to say that emergency accommodation organised for them by city officials is not suitable. In their corner is the Ndifuna Ukwazi Law Centre. In September the centre launched an urgent application to compel the city to "meaningfully engage"’ with Bromwell Street tenants and find them temporary alternative accommodation. Many other poor residents were evicted from the inner-city suburb in recent years. Proceedings were instituted against Bromwell Street residents by new landlords in 2015.
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