This after Western Cape Premier Helen Zille questioned the current housing model in the country.
She said at the South African Housing Foundations' International Conference at Somerset West, that it is unrealistic to expect the State to provide free housing for all. “In no country in the world, least of all a country with challenges like ours, can the State provide a free house to everyone who wants one.
A report by the Financial and Fiscal Commission estimates that around R800 billion will be needed if the country's housing needs are to be addressed by 2020.
Deputy Director General for Human Settlements Mbulelo Tshangana says they have a mandate to ensure that South Africans have access to a house saying that “the right to housing is a constitutional right".
He also explains that the reason many people are not receiving houses is because of the increase in unemployment. “Currently you have a number of people who are unemployed, and if you look at our policy you qualify for free housing if you earn less that R3 500, which means that we have a lot of people who earn less that R3 500."
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