Minister pays oversight visit to Bendor housing project
Human Settlements Minister Mamoloko Kubayi visited Bendor Ext 100 last Thursday to perform an oversight visit at the housing project in the area.
POLOKWANE – Human Settlements Minister Mamoloko Kubayi visited Bendor Ext 100 last Thursday to perform an oversight visit at the housing project in the area, to engage with some of the housing beneficiaries who have already occupied their houses.
Kubayi was accompanied by Human Settlements MEC Basikopo Makamu and Capricorn District Municipality Mayor Mamedupi Teffo.
The housing development in the area falls under the Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) or Gap-Housing by the department.
The programme is earmarked for people earning a monthly salary of between R3 500 and R22 000 – a bracket where people don’t usually qualify for RDP houses, yet not earn enough to be bank-financed for bonds.
MEC spokesperson Hitekani Magwedze says the programme subsidises applicants on a sliding scale starting off with an amount of R27 960 up to R121 000.Applications for this housing programme are made to banks and Risima Housing Finance to determine how much of the home loan can be subsidised.
Risima is an agency of the Limpopo Economic Development Agency. Bendor Ext 100 has a total of 661 units that comprise 168 rental and 493 FLISP financed units. Of this number, 158 units have been completed and 80 occupied. Construction started in 2012 after the developer was appointed to deliver the units as part of a partnership. The department contributed by availing land and providing services such as water, sewer services, roads and electricity. The completion will be determined after reviewing of contract to factor performance and punitive clauses, the minister said. During her oversight visit, Kubayi seemed impressed with the project.
One beneficiary, Mpheng Mohale, mentioned that she occupied the house on behalf of her brother who is away on business. “The house is really an improvement from where we used to stay. My brother occupied the house in 2019 and when he had to leave for work, he asked me to stay here and take care of his son. He often video-calls us to make sure we take care of the house.”
