10,000 units are to be built within the City Bowl
At the Western Cape Human Settlements budget vote speech on 26 March 2019, minister Bonginkosi Madikizela provided a summary of the the department’s plans for current and future housing projects in Cape Town and the rest of the Western Cape. Notably, this included plans for future mixed-income housing within Cape Town’s City Bowl.
These mixed development projects include houses for the indigent, gap housing, rental units, social housing and serviced stands, and total 144 798 new units. As well as providing housing for lower income groups, the province’s goal is also to ensure integration of different income groups within Cape Town.
Area |
Neighbourhoods |
Type |
Site |
Units |
Status |
| Cape Town City Bowl | Bokaap, Oranjezicht, Tamboerskloof and CBD | Mixed income, mixed use and different tenure (…) of extra-ordinary high density. |
Various sites of around 8.4ha | 10,000 | N/A |
| Areas surrounding Cape Town International Airport |
Informal settlements along the N2 – namely, Barcelona, Gxa Gxa, Vukuzenzela, Kanana, Kosovo, Thabo Mbeki, Tsunami, Lusaka, and Europe | The project aims to upgrade informal settlements along the N2, ensuring that residents (including backyard dwellers) benefit. | Various informal settlements | 51,540 | Contracts awarded and construction underway |
| Greater Retreat | Plumstead, Ottery and Ferness Estate, Lotus River, Parkwood and Ottery East, Seawinds and Vrygrond, Lavender Hill and Steenberg, Retreat, Grassy Park and Cafda |
Unclear | 279 hectares, various | 7,500 | Planning and designing |
| Belhar CBD | Belhar, Cape Flats | The project includes 1,000 FLISP units | N/A | 4,188 | Of the FLISP units, 755 are 60% complete, and the remaining 245 are complete |
| Hout Bay | Imizamu Yethu, Hout Bay | Mixed income, mixed use and different tenure. | N/A | 1,400 | Planning and designing |
| Dunoon, Killarney Garden | Du Noon and adjacent areas, Cape Flats |
Mixed income, mixed use and different tenure. | 17 hectares | 11,000 | Planning and designing |
| Scottsdene | Northern Suburbs | Includes 336 FLISP units |
N/A | 688 | The 336 FLISP units are 80% complete |
| Leonsdale | Leonsdale and Goodwood | N/A | N/A | 2,000 | Planning and designing |
| The Conradie Better Living Model project | Pinelands | N/A | Old Conradie Hospital site | 3,000 | Developer (Concor Construction) will commence construction this year. |
The remaining 53 482 units (of the 144 798 total) will be spread out over various parts of the province, including Hermanus, Grabouw, Drakenstein Municipality and Taiwan.
The full text from the budget speech can be found here
- Re-thinking the meaning of “well-located” for affordable housing in South Africa
- How can urban housing become more integrated in Cape Town : 8 Potential Scenarios
- Designing high-rise buildings to include mixed-income housing : A Cape Town case study
- How Changing Planning Policies Could Create Incentives for Building Mixed-Income Housing
- Disrupting the Housing Sector : A Social Enterprise Model by Communicare to Deliver Mixed-Income Housing
- Belhar Housing Gardens, Feature Image accessed here