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SOCIAL HOUSING SERIES

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Can subsidised rentals help solve the housing crisis?

It’s an idea whose time has come but it is not a cure-all

By GroundUp Editors

27 June 2018   EDITORIAL

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Families living in tents outside complex they were evicted from

But some tenants of Steenvilla are angry with rent-defaulters and want them gone

By Thembela Ntongana

19 June 2018   NEWS

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Dozens of families evicted at Cape Town’s largest social housing project

Previous attempt to remove Steenvilla households who are behind on their rent failed

By Tariro Washinyira and Annie Cebulski

6 June 2018   NEWS

Crime mars Cape Town’s largest social housing project

Tension between residents paying rent and those who are not

By Ashraf Hendricks

20 February 2018   NEWS

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What happens when people in state housing cannot pay the rent?

A look at what happened at Steenvilla, Cape Town’s largest social housing complex

By Shaun Swingler and Maxwell Roeland

5 December 2017   FEATURE

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Families evicted at Cape Town’s biggest social housing complex

Tenants cried as their furniture was moved onto lawns outside Steenvilla

By Ashraf Hendricks

23 November 2017   BRIEF

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Rent instead of owning: Is it a better model for low-income housing?

We explain an important part of the government housing programme

By Maxwell Roeland

22 November 2017   FEATURE