IN March 2023, Human Settlements Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi announced the allocation of an additional R100 million for the mixed Lufhereng development.
She has now allocated an additional R2 billion for Lufhereng development.
This was said during Lufhereng Social Housing Project launch in Soweto on Friday, 26 May.
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The project aims to integrate mixed-income groups to reduce the housing backlog and achieve socioeconomic and spatial integration.
The Lufhereng social housing project has 407 units.
In her address, the minister said it is a nationwide trend that projects or women-led construction companies across the Mzansi are completing projects on time and within budget.
“It's important for me that it is within time and budget, once it crosses over then we have a crisis,” she said.
Kubayi said she had made a commitment in parliament to launch and start social housing projects in 2023.
“We have now allocated additional R2 billion for Lufhereng development. I’m saying this because it is the conscious decision that we have taken, understanding the backlog in Johannesburg, and also understanding the waiting list and several people who have been saying 'when are we receiving our houses?',” she said.
Human settlements deputy minister Pamela Tshwete, said that the day was another notable milestone for human settlements as they are on track to launch projects and handover houses to qualifying beneficiaries.
The chairwoman of Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA), Busi Nzo, said that more projects will be launched to ensure that those in need of social housing have access to accommodation.
One of the beneficiaries, Ruth Banson, told Daily Sun that she was glad to finally have her own space, having been housed in an overcrowded room.
Another beneficarie, Thobeleni Rodo, said that she used to rent a room and was glad that finally she's moving into a house that accommodates her disability.
