Overstrand Municipality’s housing waiting list verification and registration drive started on 1 April.
According to the Municipal Manager, Dean O’Neill, residents in need of government-subsidised housing will have the opportunity to complete waiting-list application forms as first-time applicants or verify/update details already on the system.
“There are 13 923 applicants currently registered on the database,” he said, “but information of many applicants may be incomplete or outdated.
“The housing department often finds beneficiaries do not update their information with regard to changes in income, the number of financial dependents, change of address, and so on.”
According to him the income band for Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) had increased in July 2018 from R15 000 to R22 000 and it therefore creates an opportunity for more residents to register/verify their information.
“It is critical that the database we work from is as up to date and as accurate as possible,” says O’Neill.
The housing demand for Overstrand Municipality is also placed on the provincial housing demand database, and therefore it is of utmost importance that affected beneficiaries cooperate in their own interest.
The new and updated Housing Demand Database drive will ultimately assist with the planning of future housing projects.
The project will end on 30 April, but the housing demand database will remain open for registration/verifications.
For further information contact: . Gansbaai and Stanford: Nolubabalo Nxodo and Bulelani Malongwana on 028 384 8327 . Hermanus, Mount Pleasant and Hawston: Angelo Ford on 028 313 8146 . Zwelihle: Lungelwa Mamama on 028 313 8143 . Kleinmond: Joseph Smith on 028 271 8424.