GOVERNMENT SUBSIDY HOUSING (COMMONLY KNOWN AS RDP HOUSES)
These are houses that have been built by the government and are given to low-income families. Government subsidy houses are owned, not rented, by beneficiaries.
To qualify for an RDP house, you must meet the National Housing Subsidy Scheme criteria. This means you must be:
● A South African citizen
● Over 21 and mentally competent to sign a contract
● Married or living with a partner, or single and have dependants (single military veterans or aged people without dependants also qualify)
● 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 not qualify)
● A first-time government subsidy recipient
● A first-time homeowner.
If you are disabled, you are supposed to be given preference and your house is supposed to be adapted to meet your needs.
To apply for a government subsidy house, take the following documents to a provincial office of>the DHS, or your municipal offices:
● Applicant and spouse’s identity documents (green book or ID card)
● Certified
