Human Settlements
With regard to beneficiaries on the Housing Demand Database in the Western Cape and in the light of his Department’s prioritisation of the elderly and persons living with disabilities:
- How many beneficiaries (a) are on the database, (b) are in the age group (i) 60–69, (ii) 70–79, (iii) 80–89 and (iv) 90 and older, (c) are persons living with disabilities and (d) over the age of 60 years have been on the Housing Demand Database for more than 10 years;
how many housing opportunities did his Department hand over to (a) persons over the age of 60 and (b) persons living with disabilities in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016, (iii) 2017, (iv) 2018, (v) 2019 and (vi) 2020?
(1)(a) Total number of beneficiaries on the database:
Applicants on database | Total Waiting
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Metro | 369 542
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Non metro | 225 690
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(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv) Age Groups
AGE GROUPS | 60 – 69 | 70 – 79 | 80 – 89 | 90 and older |
| 90 AND OLDER |
Metro | 20 943 | 6 487 | 1 837 | 331 | 247 | |
Non metro | 15 944 | 4 855 | 1 177 | 610 |
|
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(c) Persons living with disabilities
Total disabled | Total
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Metro | 2 267
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Non metro | 2 205
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(1)(d) 60 years and older persons on Housing Demand Database for10 years and more
60 years and older on the HDD | Total
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Metro | 20 382
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Non metro | 13 834
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(2)(a) We are unable to provide this information.
(2)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(iv) The information below is for persons with disabilities in the metro
Financial Year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020
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Disabled | 93 | 87 | 46 | 146 | 87 | 36
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(2)(b)(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)(iv)The information below is for persons with disabilities in the non-metro
Financial Year | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
Disabled | 206 | 198 | 145 | 275 | 186 | 64
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