What Cape Town can still do to address its housing crisis
GroundUp | 25.02.2026 10:00
Although Cape Town can rightfully claim to be the leading municipality in the provision of state-funded housing, it has a housing crisis. According to Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis the city has a shortfall of about 600,000 homes. Meanwhile, less than 2,500 state-funded homes have been handed over each year on average for the past five years.
