housing subsidy application form and will then be registered on the Municipal Housing Demands Database – this is a “waiting list”. 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 – but it can take many years. NOTE It is illegal to sell an RDP house before you have lived in it for eight years. It is illegal to rent out an RDP house. Should you want to extend or renovate a RDP home before eight years of ownership, you need to get permission from the City. If you are disabled the design of the house may change to accommodate the special needs of the person’s disability.
housing subsidy application form and will then be registered on the Municipal Housing Demands Database – this is a “waiting list”. 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 – but it can take many years.
NOTE
It is illegal to sell an RDP house before you have lived in it for eight years.
It is illegal to rent out an RDP house.
Should you want to extend or renovate a RDP home before eight years of ownership, you need to get permission from the City.
If you are disabled the design of the house may change to accommodate the special needs of the person’s disability.
