Cape Town is set to redevelop the iconic Woodstock Hospital into a large-scale residential project after the city council approved the sale of the R87 million property in principle last week.
The plan calls for 500 new homes, including units specifically earmarked for households earning between R3 500 and R32 000 a month.
Currently, more than 800 people occupy the site without formal permission, many of whom have lived there since 2017 when housing activists from the Reclaim the City campaign renamed the building Cissie Gool House. The campaign highlighted the pressing need for affordable housing in inner-city Woodstock and Salt River, as per ZAWYA .
