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Staff Occupying Council Property Policy

City of Cape TownRef: https://www.capetown.gov.za/_documents/resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Bylaws%20and%20policies/Staff%20Occupying%20Council%20Property%20-%20approved%20on%2028%20March%202007.pdf

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Source domain: capetown.gov.za

Collected on 22 August 2026

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What this means

This is a formal policy approved by the City of Cape Town Council on 28 March 2007, outlining the conditions under which city employees may be provided with official accommodation. It defines key terms like 'functional necessity' and specifies that accommodation is only made available when employees must be present at or near their work centres due to operational needs, lack of private housing, or restrictions on housing availability. The policy governs how and when such accommodations are allocated.

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Official Accommodation Allocation

Employees may be provided with official accommodation by the City of Cape Town if they have a functional necessity to be located at or near their work centre, such as when no private housing exists, is unavailable, or is not permitted nearby. The allocation is based on an assessment by the Executive Director of the applicable service unit or their delegated authority.

Who it is for: employees of the City of Cape Town who have functional necessity to be near their work centre
How to act on it: Application through the applicable service unit, subject to assessment by the Executive Director or their delegate

Show the line this came from

Under the circumstances listed in clauses 4.3.1 - 4.3.3 below, the Municipality shall make official accommodation available from time to time as the need arises for the accommodation of Employees, based on functional necessity as assessed by the Executive Director of the applicable service unite or his delegated authority of the applicable service unit in terms of this policy.

Facts

Places

City of Cape Town, Western Cape

Reference

https://www.capetown.gov.za/_documents/resource.capetown.gov.za/documentcentre/Documents/Bylaws%20and%20policies/Staff%20Occupying%20Council%20Property%20-%20approved%20on%2028%20March%202007.pdf

Key Takeaways

28/03/2007
C 15/03/07
City of Cape Town
official accommodation
functional necessity
Executive Director
applicable service unit
City of Cape Town
Employee
Executive Director
applicable service unit