THE Gauteng Human Settlements Department can only build 10 000 houses in a year, while the provincial housing backlog stands at more than 1.2 million.
These were the revelations made by the MEC, Lebogang Maile, in his written reply to questions from the DA’s provincial spokesperson for housing, Mervyn Cirota, in the Gauteng legislature.
Cirota asked Maile to give details about the number of people on the provincial housing lists, as well as the period that they had been on, and the demand and supply of the housing units.
In reply, Maile said there were 1 263 660 potential beneficiaries, saying some of them had been on the waiting list since 1996.
Giving the breakdown of the housing needs, Maile said between 1996 and 2000 there were 256 650, between…