{"id":2763,"date":"2021-08-31T06:23:14","date_gmt":"2021-08-31T06:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/?p=2763"},"modified":"2023-11-13T06:36:45","modified_gmt":"2023-11-13T06:36:45","slug":"rdp-houses-application-2021-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/?p=2763","title":{"rendered":"RDP Houses Application 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Having basic housing is a fundamental right of each person irrespective of race, gender and social status.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/images-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4272\" srcset=\"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/images-1.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/career74.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/images-1-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It is the City\u2019s responsibility to provide and allocate government-subsidised housing, otherwise known as RDP houses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To date, over 29 00 housing units have been delivered (jointly by the Gauteng Province and the City) and over 17 000 serviced stands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To apply for an RDP house, you need to comply the National Housing Subsidy Scheme. This means you must be:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>A South African citizen with a valid ID,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Over the age of 21 and mentally competent to sign a contract,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Married or living with a partner, or single and have dependants (single military veterans or aged people without dependents also qualify),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Earn less than R3 500 per month per household (so, if two people in your family earn and these earnings amount to more than R3 500 per month you will&nbsp;<strong>not<\/strong>&nbsp;qualify),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A first time government subsidy recipient,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A first time homeowner.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>To apply for a government subsidy house, you need to take the following documents to your nearest customer care centre:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Applicant and spouse\u2019s identity documents (green book or ID card),<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Certified copies of birth certificates of children,<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Proof of income if working, eg pay slip.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will be asked to fill in a housing subsidy application form and will then be registered on the Municipal Housing Demands Database \u2013 this is a \u201cwaiting list\u201d. Only once a housing development is completed and if you are next on the list, will you be given keys and a title deed to your home \u2013 but it can take many years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>NOTE<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>It is illegal to sell an RDP house before you have lived in it for eight years.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>It is illegal to rent out an RDP house.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Should you want to extend or renovate a RDP home before eight years of ownership, you need to get permission from the City.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you are disabled the design of the house may change to accommodate the special needs of the person\u2019s disability.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.dhs.gov.za\/content\/faq\">RDP and Government Subsidised Housing<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"395\" height=\"390\" src=\"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/E57861D7-404D-455A-9BD7-FB8D19D73BF2.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2764\" srcset=\"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/E57861D7-404D-455A-9BD7-FB8D19D73BF2.jpeg 395w, https:\/\/career74.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/E57861D7-404D-455A-9BD7-FB8D19D73BF2-300x296.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 395px) 100vw, 395px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having basic housing is a fundamental right of each person irrespective of race, gender and social status. It is the City\u2019s responsibility to provide and allocate government-subsidised housing, otherwise known as RDP houses. To date, over 29 00 housing units have been delivered (jointly by the Gauteng Province and the City) and over 17 000 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_surecart_dashboard_logo_width":"180px","_surecart_dashboard_show_logo":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_orders":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_invoices":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_subscriptions":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_downloads":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_billing":true,"_surecart_dashboard_navigation_account":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2763"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4274,"href":"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2763\/revisions\/4274"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/career74.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}