{"id":60594,"date":"2020-08-20T16:00:07","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/housing-minister-visits-west-coast-20200820\/"},"modified":"2025-03-20T23:11:24","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T21:11:24","slug":"housing-minister-visits-west-coast-20200820","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/housing-minister-visits-west-coast-20200820\/","title":{"rendered":"Housing Minister visits West Coast"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12pt;\">The hearts of a few residents from Riebeek West to Saldanha Bay on<br>\nthe West Coast leapt with joy this week as they officially received the title<br>\ndeeds to their homes.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;\">Tertuis Simmers, provincial Minister of Human Settlements, visited<br>\nthe region this week to engage with residents to help them understand<br>\nthe department\u2019s processes better. \u201cI commend my senior executive team who did<br>\na sterling job in presenting and clarifying our processes,\u201d he said. \u201cSimilar<br>\nto the Garden Route and Overberg Districts, it\u2019s become clear that there were a<br>\nfew misunderstandings about how we function. I am happy to say that the<br>\nmunicipalities and those stakeholders we engaged with now have a clear<br>\nunderstanding.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;\">Housing, and specifically the delivery of government subsidy<br>\nhouses, has led to various service delivery protests recently. The most recent took<br>\nplace last month in Laingville, where residents complained about the lack of<br>\nland for informal housing as well as the allocation of houses. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;\">The department\u2019s R200 million budget cut, and the effect it would<br>\nhave on municipal housing delivery, was also explained to residents and all<br>\nother stakeholders.The Swartland Municipality was allocated R59,9 million,<br>\nSaldanha Bay &nbsp;R 25,46 million, while<br>\nBergrivier had an allocation of R 5 million.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;\">\u201cGiven the current economic climate and cuts in our budgets, which<br>\naffect all spheres of government, I once again call on municipalities to<br>\nincorporate alternatives such as Sustainable Building Technologies (SBTs) and<br>\nother affordable housing solutions in their development mix, so that they\u2019re<br>\nable to deliver to their people at an accelerated pace,\u201d Simmers said.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;\">On his visit Simmer handed over title deeds to 10 Riebeek West<br>\nresidents and 10 beneficiaries in Langebaan and Hopefield.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:'Times New Roman';color:black;\">In Langebaan, Caroline George said the joyous day was a long time<br>\nin coming: \u201cWe\u2019ve waited so long for this day to come, but it\u2019s been worth the<br>\nwait. 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