HOUSING MINISTER AND EUROPEAN UNION AMBASSADOR LAUNCH A MULTI MILLION RAND RENTAL HOUSING PROMOTION PARTNERSHIP, AUGUST 15, 2004

Minister of Housing, Dr Lindiwe Sisulu and European Union (EU) Ambassador Michael Lake will launch a multi-million rental housing promotion partnership programme in Pretoria on August 15, 2004.

Rental housing is central to the Housing Department strategy to provide alternative and cheap accommodation to those who work in urban areas who have houses and families in villages and rural areas away from cities.

The programme will also serve as a vehicle for providing housing under different tenure options like co operative housing and installment sale.

Central to the partnership is support for institutional development and capacity building in the housing sector to promote rental housing as a form of affordable housing to those who stay in informal settlements.

The launch will take place as follows:

Date:              August 15, 2004

Venue:           Yeast City Housing, Jubilee Center, Cnr Burgers Park lane and Van der Walt Street (No. 288)

 Time:              10:30 am