Elderly deprived of receiving keys to new homes

Recipients of new homes, mostly elderly residents, were deprived of the opportunity to receive their keys, when angry residents blocked the entrance to Eden Park West recently..

ANGRY RESIDENTS BLOCK ROAD: Ratana Molapo of the MEC's office during a meeting with angry residents of Eden Park West.

EDEN PARK – The MEC and officials from the Department of Housing were due to address residents of Eden Park West and also to issue keys to the completed homes in the area to the rightful owners. However, the event came to a stop before it even started. The marquee for the event could not be erected that morning, because residents blockaded the entrance, and the event was postponed and the venue changed.

Clr Gladtone Zide said: “Residents refuse to understand that the houses are for the disabled, child-headed families and the elderly, whose homes in Extension Five were invaded in 2008. The Housing Department issued 39 keys and happy letters to the elderly, at the community hall, on May 19.”