The City of Cape Town’s Ravensmead Park upgrade project is progressing well. This is according to Mayoral Committee Member for Human Settlements, Councillor Malusi Booi and other dignitaries who visited the site today, 24 June 2021 to check on its progress. This project uses innovative materials consisting of Alternative Building Technologies (ABT) in the construction of the homes for the beneficiaries.
The incremental upgrade project will provide much relief to the residents of the Ravensmead Park informal settlement, as 51 housing opportunities will be created through this project. This upgrade project includes formalised roads, and an internal water supply, including erf connections and internal sewer infrastructure. The Ravenmead Park project uses Alternative Building Technologies such as the Greenlite Block. The Greenlite building block is a light weight block and is easy to use during construction.
“We are pleased with the Ravensmead Park upgrade project progress thus far, and we are excited that it will be completed by August 2022, if all goes according to plan. The project has various phased development stages, and the next phase can only commence once the beneficiaries are relocated from their current informal structures into their newly constructed homes.” Councillor Booi said
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The Councillor also confirmed that the City will ensure that the opportunities will accommodate the disabled and visually impaired residents from Ravensmead Park. He said that each household will receive either a title deed or tenure certificate once the upgrade project has been completed.
“We remain committed to enabling opportunities and to improving the lives of the most vulnerable residents in the metro. We thank the community, City teams and contractors for the hard work and dedication on this project which will provide beneficiaries with their opportunities in the near future,” said the Councillor.
The City is increasingly looking at innovative, partnership-driven projects to enable the delivery of affordable accommodation by using various types of housing and accommodation. This is necessary to address the growing demand for affordable housing in Cape Town, as with other urban centres across South Africa.
The City’s new Human Settlements Strategy is a blueprint for the changes that are required in the housing regime to enable the larger scale delivery of affordable housing for those earning less than R22 000 per month.
