WHERE WE GOVERNHCommitment to providing housing in Local B municipalitiesBreede ValleyThe Western Cape Human Settlements Minister, Bonginkosi Madikizela, launched the Transhex Catalytic Housing Project on 7 December 2017 in Worcester. The R2.2 billion housing project will comprise a mix-use development, consisting of various types of housing opportunities; including Breaking New Ground, the Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Programme, and affordable housing and rental accommodation. The project is estimated to be completed in 2022 and will yield over 8000 housing opportunities. Cape AgulhasOn 18 October 2018 the multi-million Bredasdorp Site F Housing Project was launched. The project will see the construction of 490 housing opportunities and is an integrated mixed development targeting backyard dwellers, Zwelisha residents and the most deserving beneficiaries registered on the housing demand database. The project is worth R64 million and the anticipated completion date is the end of the 2018/2019 financial year. GeorgePhase one of the Thembalethu Housing Project commenced on the 27th of February 2017 and was completed on 30th of April 2018, with 150 houses being built and handed over. The second phase of the Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme (UISP) housing project in Thembalethu commenced on the 19th of January 2018 and will see 251 houses built. KougaIn May 2018 the Kouga Municipality appointed contractors to work on a project to build 1500 subsidised houses at Ocean View. The R46 million project will take an estimated 24 months to complete and includes the installation of roads, water and sewer connections. LangebergOn the 31st of August 2018, Langeberg Municipality received a Govan Mbeki Award for the Best Integrated Residential Development Programme. The Municipality’s McGregor Housing Project provides easy access to transport nodes, has a central business district and places of employment. A total of 26 houses in this project were adapted to accommodate disabled beneficiaries. During the civil services phase, 33 people from the local community were employed, and during the top structure phase, 11 local community members and up to 28 local sub-contractors were employed. MatzikamaOn the 23rd of January 2019 Matzikama launched a R50 million housing project. The project consists of two multimillion housing projects in Lutzville and Vredendal in the Matzikama Municipality.The Vredendal project of almost 400 units commenced in September 2018 and is expected to be completed in August 2019. The Lutzville project’s commencement date is still to be announced by the MEC and will yield over 300 houses.