Cape Town: Homeowner aged 102 received her title deed reward. The newly appointed title deeds agents of City of Cape Town and Human Settlements Mayco Member – Councillor Carl Pophaim are overjoyed as they have found a centenarian homeowner and handed over her title deed.
Reportedly, the efforts to find historic beneficiaries of City saleable units, newer subsidy and old RDP housing who have never received the title deeds have stepped up with a service provider, appointed to solve the more difficult historic cases.
The Title Deeds prove ownership and is considered as an important document when it comes to wills and banking loans, among others.
The Title Deeds Agents are easily identifiable and will visit to verify the ownership details and once verified, the necessary documents needed are Owner ID and Spouse ID, if applicable. Marriage certificate is also needed, if applicable.
Also, in the event of a death of a recipient, there is a need to provide a Letter of Authority and a Death Certificate or a Will.
There some important points which a title deed email request must include such as Subject: Erf number and Area and Body of the email should consider Name and Surname (the name which is registered with the title deed) along with the ID number and Address.
Considering this, Councillor Carl Pophaim said that this has been the most amazing experience and he is overjoyed that they tracked down the elder homeowner to give her the title deed.
He added that as a part of the new Deed-to-Door campaign, they have appointed title deed agents to track down beneficiaries that have never received their title deeds.
Pophaim mentioned that the details have not been updated so they cannot find them, or they have moved out of the metro and other details that are lacking. With the dedicated team going door-to-door to find and verify the details, he confirmed that the are pulling out all stops to track down the 17,000 beneficiaries of especially very old housing projects that still require their deeds.
“I am joining teams, going door-to-door to deliver title deeds. A title deed is so important, when it comes to proving ownership, for purposes of wills and banking loans among others,” said Councillor Pophaim.
Furthermore, he also informed that they’re building on the success of last year’s Festive Deeds Challenge, where they delivered more than 1000 title deeds to beneficiaries across the metro in just a few months.
He added, “Around this time, we are aiming to deliver even more. We ask our beneficiaries to please update the details at the local housing office.”
