IOL (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
One thousand houses have been handed to Zanemvula residents near Port Elizabeth, says the Eastern Cape Housing Department.
Herald (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
THE national housing department is set to deploy experts and contractors to mend badly built houses in the Eastern Cape.
Washington Post (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
The Obama administration will soon inherit a $35 billion federal housing agency that was a weak backbencher during the housing crisis and moved too late to do much to keep millions of families from going into foreclosure.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
Housing department officials and MPs yesterday dismissed suggestions in a Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) report that dissatisfaction over housing delivery was one of the key reasons behind the xenophobic violence this year.
SouthAfrica.info RSS feed (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
The Department of Housing and Anglo Platinum have struck a R2.5-billion, 10-year deal to provide 20 000 houses, as well as schools, clinics and other amenities, for the company's workers in Limpopo and North West provinces.
The Eagle Texas and Region (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
HOUSTON -- The city of Houston has agreed to repay $15.5 million to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to end a long-term dispute over misspen ...
Cape Argus (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
Around 7.30pm the community gathered to discuss their grievances with provincial housing department authorities. Residents demanded to be addressed by Housing MEC Whitey Jacobs.
Peach Pundit (Free subscription) | 11/17/2008
The Fulton County Housing and Community Development Department has let $6 million to be misspent or allowed to languish unused since 2000 — federal grant money the county may have to repay, records show. Meanwhile, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is withholding $1.5 million Fulton County was supposed to get in 2008 until [...]
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/19/2008
... N1 last night. At around 7:30pm the community gathered to discuss their grievances with Provincial Housing Department authorities. Residents demanded to be addressed by Housing MEC Whitey Jacobs. Authorities told the group they would get houses and asked for patience. People living in Stofland, Hassie Square, Ekuphumuleni and Maseru settlements were warned that police...
Herald (Free subscription) | 11/20/2008
... Arendse, deputy director of special projects in the Western Cape local government and housing department, said yesterday that Qatari satellite television giant Al Jazeera and United Arab Emirates (UAE) property company Ruwaad were among the firms jockeying to be the main stakeholder.“They say they would love to put billions of rands into developments in Plett,” said Arendse. “All...
IOL (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
... While final figures have yet to be released, preliminary investigations have revealed that 268 houses were completely destroyed. A further 200 will need extensive repairs, including new roofs, doors and windows."It is a lovely and noble thought, but the scale of the damage is so large that I do not think we will be able to achieve this," said Hillcrest and Molweni councillor Tex Collins....
This Is Local London | Top Stories (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
... made living on the Valley road estate “unbearable”, according to residents. But last month council housing bosses broke the news to them they are to again miss out on exterior maintenance works as part of a raft of cost-cutting measures across the borough’s housing stock. The council is trying to plug a projected £10m hole in its housing revenue account. Now residents are circulating...
blogHOUSTON (Free subscription) | 11/18/2008
Local and federal officials said they believe the settlement will signal a new era of cooperation after a troubled relationship that dates back 20 years. The problems peaked in 2005, when an audit of spending found that Houston's housing department chose projects based on its directors' whims, allowed for massive defaults on loans and created opportunities for conflicts of interest and...
Blogger News Network (Free subscription) | 11/15/2008
Creating shelters for Vancouver’s homeless population until permanent housing is built was a central theme of Monday’s All Candidates meeting at Carnegie Center on Monday afternoon. Getting Storyeum, a Gastown business that went belly up, turned into a shelter for the homeless is the prime reason Audrey Laferriere has decided to run for Vancouver City Council [...]
