Reclaim the City's self-serving protests shows they are less than honest with the public
27 March 2017
Following the Western Cape Cabinet's announcement of affordable housing projects for larger and better sites than Tafelberg, Reclaim the City has embarked on another self-serving protest today.
Reclaim the City is being less than honest with the public about the extensive affordable housing projects in the pipeline, spearheaded by the Western Cape Government and City of Cape Town, both in the inner city and feeder suburbs.
Cabinet's announcement of affordable housing for large Waterfront and Woodstock properties is an inconvenience for Reclaim the City, who have based a campaign on the Tafelberg property, which is not ideally suited for affordable housing due to the requirements of scale, cross subsidisation and government subsidy, none of which pertain to that particular site.
The Waterfront and Woodstock properties are suitable for affordable housing at scale, based on cross subsidisation and with or without a restructuring grant.