Cape Town is providing dignity through affordable housing with the commencement of new tenders worth R125.6m out for prime developments.
Reportedly, the city has issued four new tenders equivalent to a combined estimated value of R125.6 million (excluding VAT) in land release for affordable residentially led, mixed use developments on well-located parcels of land.
The project encourages private sector partners and developers to contact the city for more information on these well-packaged and incentivised proposed developments in Brackenfell, Ottery and Lansdowne. All due process and public engagement continue to be followed as and whenever required.
Pioneering affordable housing programme of the City of Cape Town is characterised by well-packaged and de-risked properties fuelled by public private partnerships. The cornerstone of the programme is bringing greater access to affordable housing on well-located pieces of land close to amenities and public transport translating to investment and regeneration spin-offs within the local areas.
Furthermore, all neighbourhoods in the metro where there is surplus City-owned land are evaluated with the aim of providing access to more affordable housing. The City of Cape Town is bringing to the market bankable, investment-ready, packaged and rezoned properties, that align with the affordable housing delivery objectives of the city.
The game changing land price discounts applied on its affordable housing portfolio fosters greater market participation by reducing the barriers of entry into the Cape Town market. they consider this to be important in creating an investor friendly business environment.
Member of the Mayoral Committee for Human Settlements – Councillor Carl Pophaim said that the central to the agenda is a people-centred approach in providing inclusive, and safe residential environments with ecological amenities and green spaces.
This boosts local economy, better access to employment, proximity to public transport inclusive of rail, minibus taxis and bus services are part of the suite of benefits to be gained from the planned developments.
City of Cape Town is pleased to announce the below tenders, which are readily available on the tender portal of the city, on the website. Pophaim, officially invite prospective developers to consider these attractive land offerings.
The closing date for tender submissions has been extended to 10:00a.m. on Tuesday, Mar 17, 2026 to afford bidders sufficient time to submit proposals. City also, reveals that the watershed year is ahead for affordable housing public private partnerships.
According to Cllr Carl Pophaim, 2026 is the year where they are ready to harvest the fruit of the pioneering affordable housing programme both in the wider metro area and in the central inner-city programme. These latest tenders to the value of over R125.6 million is testament to this.
Releasing, packaging and developing public land for affordable housing is an incredibly intricate and time-consuming business due to the myriad of legislative hurdles which one must traverse, but the expert teams never give up. In this win-win scenario, only the private sector gets the opportunity to partner with the City of Cape Town and communities, but the neighbourhoods are boosted through the investment, making areas safer, more integrated, more economically vibrant.
Also, the ecological health and environmentally sustainable green open spaces are prioritised and celebrated. They currently have a pipeline of over 12,000 residential units, including the central Cape Town inner city areas.
Pophaim mentioned that more facilities and services are being added as they continue to assess the City-owned land for release in terms of priority programme by Mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis to unlock the well-located land for affordable housing, ensuring inclusive growth and spatial transformation.