CAPE TOWN – A Belhar family who illegally occupied one of nine houses at a housing complex in the area, says the structures were vandalised and left vacant for almost three years before they moved in.
With judgment on the city's eviction application now reserved, the families are refusing to move, even though they have been offered alternative accommodation.Bradley Jacobs, who occupies one of the houses with his family, said when they moved in three years ago, the houses were skeleton structures. However, Mayco member for Human Settlements, Carl Pophaim, said even though the houses were vandalised and vacant, the occupants cannot be elevated above other beneficiaries on the housing list.
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