The Department of Local Government & Housing has a hotline that can be contacted for information on the Department and its projects and services.
Individual housing subsidies are available to low-income households who wish to buy a residential property for the first time.
The national Departments of Land Affairs and Housing provide grants and subsidies to buy or develop land and houses. Any one household can only get up to R16 000 in subsidies. This is not a loan and does not need to be paid back.
In rural areas, many people don't have legal rights over their land but they do have functional security of tenure.
Alternative settlement options for farm workers are provided to promote permanent settlement and agricultural development. These settlement options may be "on farm" or "off farm" to allow farm workers and their dependents to benefit from tenure and housing rights and take advantage of subsidy opportunities.