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Housing Allocation Policy

Bergrivier Local MunicipalityRef: http://www.bergmun.org.za/sites/default/files/documents/March%202025%20Revised%20Allocation%20Policy%20approved%20by%20Council.pdf

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Collected on 5 August 2026

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What this means

This document is the Bergrivier Municipality Housing Allocation Policy. It sets out processes, procedures, and principles for selecting beneficiaries for new state-subsidised housing projects that result in ownership of a subsidised opportunity, including different mechanisms for different project component types (e.g., greenfield non-relocation, relocation linked to informal settlement upgrades, and institutional/affordable ownership options such as rent-to-buy). The policy explains how the municipal housing demand database is used (including eligibility for subsidy instruments, pre-screening, and that database selection is preliminary until departmental subsidy approval), and it requires registration-date ordering for selecting beneficiaries. It also provides for balancing access between people in formal overcrowded conditions and informal settlement dwellers across successive 5-year planning cycles, and defines catchment areas for project towns used in allocations.

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new home allocation on greenfield siteOngoing

Allocation to greenfield non-relocation housing projects

Eligible households may be allocated a new house on a greenfield site where there are no pre-existing legal occupants. Selection is based on registration date ordering from the Municipal Housing Demand Database, after pre-screening by the municipality and the Department.

Who it is for
households eligible for FLISP subsidies, not previously occupying the site
How to act on it
Be registered in the municipal housing database and meet pre-screening criteria; selection follows registration date ordering
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Greenfield, non-relocation project component: A project component occupying a Greenfield site on which there are no pre-existing, legal occupants, and for which the municipality has discretion to select beneficiaries, provided they are eligible for the subsidy.
housing application registrationOngoing

Registration for housing allocation

Individuals and households can register for consideration in future state-subsidised housing projects by completing a municipal housing application form. Registration is required to be included in the Municipal Housing Demand Database, which is used to determine eligibility and selection order for housing opportunities.

Who it is for
households eligible for housing subsidies, including those in formal overcrowded conditions and informal settlements
How to act on it
Complete and submit a municipal housing application form to the Bergrivier Local Municipality
Show the line this came from
registration via a municipal housing application form

Facts

Places

Western Cape

Reference

http://www.bergmun.org.za/sites/default/files/documents/March%202025%20Revised%20Allocation%20Policy%20approved%20by%20Council.pdf

Parties

Western Cape Department of Infrastructure (or appropriate authority

Key Takeaways

  • Organisation: Bergrivier Municipality
  • Subject: Housing allocation for new state-subsidised housing projects resulting in ownership
  • Project component types covered: greenfield non-relocation; relocation linked to informal settlement upgrade; institutional/affordable ownership (including rent-to-buy)
  • Database use: only eligible database entries for the relevant subsidy instrument are considered (except relocation components)
  • Status of selected beneficiaries: preliminary until subsidy application is approved by the Western Cape Department of Infrastructure (or appropriate authority)
  • Pre-screening: municipality undertakes pre-screening before subsidy approval; Department excludes Deeds Office checks but checks ID numbers, marital status, income, and prior housing subsidy receipt
  • Selection ordering: registration date ordering from earliest to latest registration date; registration via a municipal housing application form
  • Balancing rule: formal overcrowded (backyard dwellers) and informal settlement dwellers must be balanced over successive 5-year periods based on relative access to basic on-site municipal services and household counts without access
  • Catchment areas: each project town has a defined catchment area used to extract relevant database entries for allocation; catchment areas may overlap and all municipal areas fall within a catchment area
  • Policy framework references: Housing Act 1997 (Act 107 of 1997), amended National Housing Code, municipality IDP/HSP, and provincial framework policy approved September 2012
  • Bergrivier Municipality
  • Western Cape Department of Infrastructure
  • Provincial Minister for Infrastructure
  • Department (as referenced for subsidy approval and pre-screening)
  • Director Community Services
  • Head: Housing