Housing in Southern Africa August 2015

Housing

Pelican Park

City of Cape Town volunteers took part in the NelsonMandela International BuildWeek at Pelican Park as part of the celebration of International NelsonMandela Day in July.

A pproximately 1 500 Breaking New Ground fully subsidised housing units have already been handed over to beneficiaries of the Pelican Park integrated human settlements development. The build week, was a collaborative initiative between the City of Cape Town, Habitat for Humanity, the Nelson Mandela Foundation and Power Construction. In the final phase of the state funded portion of the project, a further 500 units will be handed over to beneficiaries between December and early 2016. Benedicta van Minnen, City of Cape TownMayoral CommitteeMem- ber of Human Settlements said: “There can be few greater tributes to the great man that we are hon- ouring this week. Nelson Mandela’s

lion project is a combination of public and private sector investment. The development forms part of the Mayor’s Portfolio for Sustainable Development and accorded Gold Star status with provision for two new schools and a regional clinic to be developed respectively by the Western Cape Government Depart- ment of Education and City Health, as well as two properties zoned for churches. A commercial precinct has already opened in an effort to enable economic opportunities for the residents. There are generous open spaces within the development itself and safe courtyards encircled by houses. The development fronts onto the False Bay Ecology Park and offers residents picnicking and bird watching overlooking Zeekoevlei. ■

legacy continues to inspire us all to do more and to do better and to do it every minute of the year. With our partners, we are making progress possible and this project shows that we cannot forever rely only on gov- ernment to fund large-scale delivery of housing opportunities to our mar- ginalised residents. We must draw in the private sector to balance the dynamics of the housing market and we have to devise newways to ensure delivery of scale. The City cannot do this alone.” Pelican Park offers the full spec- trum of affordability with 2 024 fully subsidised Breaking New Ground houses; 760 Gap housing from R320 000 and 360 fully bonded affordable housing units ranging from R480 000 to R700 000. The R700 mil-

August 2015