Last week, The Addie reported that residents of Olympia Palms in Geduld were complaining that the metro was over-charging them for what is supposed to be low-cost housing.
The development on First Avenue is not meant for indigent people but those who are able to pay rental, and that the housing policy does not prohibit employees of the metro being residents allocated units within its rental stock.
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All employees allocated after the implementation of the Housing Rental Policy and Market Rental (2008) are paying market-related rental.
The Schedule 26 Rental Tariffs will be rescinded retrospectively and family accommodation for persons earning up to and including R4 000 per month are charged 25 per cent of their verified income.
Rentals prices for person earning R4 000 and above per month are charged market-related rental and those earning below R4 000 per month are charge economic-related rental.
The rental amount includes, but is not limited to, capital redemption and interest, administration fees, insurance charges, security charges, maintenance charges, service charges and charges for water and electricity consumption except where electricity and water consumption are being read and billed separately.
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Tenants occupying the Council Owned Rental Housing Stock should be families, individuals, pensioners who qualify in terms of the rental housing policy and having a verifiable source of income.
“The lease agreement is signed by the delegated executive manager and council-owned rental housing stock can only be applied for at the council offices at the Human Settlements Departments.
“Council does not use an agent to lease its own rental housing stock,” says spokesperson for the metro, Themba Gadebe.
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