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The organizations believe that the reuse of Ysterplaat, Wingfield and Youngsfield can help alleviate Cape Town’s affordable housing crisis.
An aerial view of Ysterplaat Air Force Base in Cape Town. Image: AFB Ysterplaat / Facebook
CAPE TOWN – Activists want three military bases in Cape Town to be used for low-income housing.
Ndifuna Ukwazi, the Legal Resource Center and the Development Action Group are among the 31 organizations making the call.
They have presented a proposal to the president, the National COVID-19 Command Council, and several ministers.
The organizations believe that the reuse of Ysterplaat, Wingfield and Youngsfield can help alleviate Cape Town’s affordable housing crisis.
Michael Clark of Ndifuna Ukwazi said that the prevalence of land occupations during the COVID-19 shutdown showed that the need for land had reached a critical point.
“The housing crisis, the deep inequality in spatial form in Cape Town, the existing inequalities that have been exacerbated under the COVID-19 pandemic.”
Clark said it was clear that all three military sites were empty and underutilized.
“We are calling a meeting with the president and all other interested parties so that we can discuss our proposal that clearly identifies how these sites can be published, what legal mechanisms can be used to develop these. [sites]. “
The organization said that by releasing the military sites, the national government could accommodate up to 67,000 low-income households.
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