Housing in Southern Africa September 2016

Housing

fleurhof drive The City of Johannesburg (COJ) Mayoral Committee Member for Housing, Dan Bovu, recently handed over keys to beneficiaries of new houses at the Fleurhof integratedmixed use housing development in Johannesburg.

F leurhof is a privately owned property in the process of be- ing developed by Calgro M3 in partnershipwith the City of Johannes- burg. It has been identified as one of the South Africa’s premier integrated residential projects. Fleurhof is situ- ated southwest of Johannesburg next to the existing Fleurhof residential township. The 440 ha usable land area com- prises various types of residential

units and forms of tenure that have specific economic target markets: fully subsidised BNG/RDP housing, GAP, social housing, FLISP and open market rentals as well as fully bonded units. Within the 440 ha of land is a mine dump in the process of being cleared, which will result in yielding an additional 5 000 residential units within the near future. The Fleurhof project on completion will provide housing opportunities for

an estimated 83 000 people. This also includes 3 236 fully subsidised units, 4 429 social and rental units, and 2 122 fully bonded houses and FLISP units. Bovu says that apart from the 100 units allocated to beneficiaries, Jo- hannesburg’s Executive Mayor, Parks Tau, recently announced that 9 154 families will be housed by the city in the next three years. Bovu saidmore beneficiarieswill be notified by SMS once units are ready for occupation. He officially opened Fleurhof Drive, the multi million rand thoroughfare linking Florida with Meadowlands in Soweto. “The new road will significantly cut travelling time.” The dual carriageway links the more affluent neighbourhoods of Flor- ida and Roodepoort with previously disadvantaged areas. Bovu added, “We continue to tackle the city’s hous- ing waiting list and we have reached the stage where we can address and respond to the needs of the elderly.” Green initiatives include energy saving technologies such as solar water heaters, heat pumps, improved insulation, gaswhile recycling projects have been implemented and initia- tives such as food and gardening and urban greening are currently being

September 2016