In 2014, Human Settlements Minister Lindiwe Sisulu warned that the large-scale delivery of houses for the poor was unsustainable. As the state's budget tightens, her department is moving away from delivering houses and towards providing land. The new policy faces many of the old challenges, particularly: which land will be distributed?
Members of the Gauteng Housing Crisis Committee drove through Eldorado Park and surrounding Soweto areas on Saturday and used a loudspeaker to ask people to bring copies of their applications for government homes.
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