The provision of alternative accommodation generally falls to municipalities. These are increasingly collapsing under the burden of inadequate central government funding, mismanagement and corruption.
This offer is sugar-coated with promises, without timelines, of permanent settlement in future housing projects for South African citizens entitled to the government’s housing subsidy.With the completion of low-cost housing projects receding into the distance, this emergency accommodation becomes all but permanent.Zozo
If these were truly “temporary arrangements”, they could be condoned. But as months turn to years and years into decades, we are creating dystopian warrens of poverty, addiction, child malnutrition, dysfunctional families and the tinder of social conflagration.And here’s the kicker: such “emergency” alternative accommodation typically provides less space, dignity and economic opportunity than the squatted stands on which occupiers had built their homes.
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