AN IFP GOVERNMENT WILL :
• Subsidise housing for citizens who cannot afford homes.
• Implement a Rent-to-Own scheme by developing low-cost housing programmes with
the private sector, with an ownership provision.
• Ensure the development of social and affordable housing options and opportunities in
partnership with the private sector.
• Identify parcels of State land for development by provincial governments and
municipalities.
• Roll out serviced sites for self-homebuilding, available to community forums and
stokvels.
• Promote turnkey rural housing development. Development in rural communities will be
prioritised.
• Ensure that the qualifying income for fully subsidised houses will be changed from R0 –
R3 500 per month, to R0 – R5 500 per month.
• Introduce a Housing Benefit Programme for those earning above the subsidy threshold.
• Eradicate the apartheid-style development in hostels and integrate existing hostels into
communities.
• Ensure that provinces and municipalities take responsibility for developing informal
settlements.
• Link local economic development initiatives, such as training in construction skills to
the building of subsidised housing units and empower small businesses in the
construction sector and other building-related fields.
• Make use of Alternative Building Technologies (ABTs) that are safe and sustainable and
reduce the time in which human settlements are built.
• Implement a student accommodation programme to develop student accommodation
by making funds available in the form of a grant of up to 30% for private developers.
• Subsidise first-time homeowners by assisting with the application process and by
reducing transfer costs on a new bond.
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