WATCH | CPT promises to address housing backlog

CAPE TOWN - The housing backlog has seen the mushrooming of informal settlements and increased building hijackings countrywide.

In Cape Town there are over 800 informal dwellings, including those built through illegal land occupation during the Coronavirus pandemic.

There's also a backlog of over 340,000 people on the housing waiting list.

Despite this, Cape Town Human Settlements MMC, Carl Pophaim, says he's ready to tackle the challenge head-on.