At the inception of ARP the Greater Alexandra township had roughly 90000 housing structures including old Alexandra and the relatively new areas like the East Bank, the Far East Bank, Marlboro Industrial, Wynberg, Kew and Marlboro Gardens. Out of these housing structures 6000 were old bonded houses, 500 were new houses, 52000 were backyard structures, 1800 were hostel rooms, 1 490 were flats, 19000 were public space shacks, 5000 were factory sub-divisions, and 4 000 were formal units on the East Bank.
People who previously lived on the flood lines have access to descent and habitable shelter in the form of new housing development initiatives and refurbished hostels which have been converted into family units.
- 7,000 families have been relocated from the banks of Jukskei River and its banks grassed and cleaned up
- Upgrading of existing housing has improved the housing situation including among others the development of new housing; transfer of publicly owned housing stock; redevelopment of the hostels; and relocation of informal dwellings
Local Government Publicity Video published on May 21, 2013 – Gauteng Department of Local Government and Housing has created the ARP to improve the living conditions in Alexandra Township located in Johannesburg Gauteng:
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