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T
he ambitious ceiling retrofit
project aims to ensure that
ceilings in old state-subsidised
housing projects have been insulated
and weatherproofed.
The majority of state-subsidised
housing units were constructed
without insulated ceilings andweath-
erproofing during 1994 and 2005. This
was because the then subsidy, which
was provided by the government, did
not make provision for the installa-
tion of ceilings.
After 2005, the standard for sub-
sidised housing was improved and
the housing subsidy was increased
to provide ceilings, weatherproofing
and partitioned bedrooms.
The City of Cape Town Mayoral
Committee Member for Human
Settlements, Benedicta van Minnen
says, “We are expecting to complete
4 500 ceilings by August. This will be
to the benefit of our more vulnerable
residents, especially during the cold
Ceiling retrofit project
More than 3 600 government fully subsidised housing units have been
retrofitted with ceilings by the City of Cape Town.
and wet winter months as this has
health implications.”
The R133 million large-scale ceil-
ing retrofitting initiative includes
8 001 units in total. The city has
already completed units in Eureka,
Kalkfontein, Broadlands (Strand) and
Lwandle, with units in Vrygrond and
Wesbank still to be completed.
The second phase of the project
has been earmarked to start in the
second half of the year.
It has been estimated that in Cape
Town alone, there are approximately
40 000 state-subsidised homes that
do not have ceilings.
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