Desperately seeking homes
Lucky ones rejoice but others must grimly hang on to the hope that one day they’ll get a place of their own — and some have been waiting for decades
19 September 2024 - 05:00
Tatum Redmond was overjoyed when she and her family moved into their new home in Cape Town’s Brooklyn suburb 10 years ago.
It meant she was only five minutes from her work at a local school and made her one of the lucky few to benefit from a housing programme that is battling to accommodate Cape Town’s working class. Yet for those still hoping for a home like Redmond’s, the housing programme is teetering on collapse, according to one expert. ..
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