RDP home owners called to collect title deeds at CCCs
The City of Ekurhuleni has urged all beneficiaries of RDP houses to come and collect their title deeds at the nearest Customer Care Centres (CCCs).
Over 22 300 unclaimed title deeds are piling up and waiting to be collected at customer care centres across the city.
According toMMC for Human Settlements, Alderman Masele Madihlaba, the pile up is caused by challenges in locating the rightful beneficiaries mainly due to unresolved deceased estates, untraceable beneficiaries, informal sales and/or illegal sale of RDP houses and discrepancies between current occupants and the real owners.
“We are calling on all affected residents around the city to come forward and collect their title deeds. Getting a title deed is the ultimate step when it comes to security of tenure and confirmation that the house belongs to you,” he said.
MMC Madihlaba led a door-to- door handover of 32 title deeds in Etwatwa on Friday, February 23, in an effort to reduce the number of title deeds that still remain in the possession of the municipality. Etwatwa has over 800 unclaimed title deeds.
Members of the public who wish to visit customer care centres (CCCs) to collect their title deeds must bring their green bar-coded IDs or identity cards.
Meanwhile, the city is calling on members of the public who cannot affords to pay for services to register on the city’s indigent database.
This will ensure that they get the following benefits:
- 50% rebate on assessment rates;
- Free refuse removal;
- 50kwh of free electricity per month;
- 6kl of water and sewer per month;
- Free indigent burial to registered and deemed indigents; and
- Special rates on emergency services such as ambulance and fire-fighting.