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1. What are the criteria for qualifying for a government housing subsidy?
2. What is the difference between Permission to Occupy, title Deed and the Deed of Grant?
3. What are the reasons for not allowing the owner of a government subsidized house to sell it before 5 years has elapsed?
4. Can a person who applied for a government housing subsidy but his/her application was rejected because she/he was earning more than R3 500 and later on finds him/herself unemployed. Can he/she at the stage where she/he is unemployed qualify for a government housing subsidy?
5. Are there any financial and other kinds of contributions that the qualifying housing beneficiaries are required to contribute during construction and or/after they have occupied their houses, e.g. rates?
6. What happens when all the occupiers of the government subsidised house die, who will be re-allocated the house in question or given the Title Deed on what grounds?
7. What are the requirements when transferring a site or a house of the deceased beneficiary of a government subsidised site or house and what type of documents need to be brought in to facilitate the transfer and who effects the change in ownership of the Title Deed.
9. What provision is there to take ownership of government subsidised houses abandoned by absentee beneficiaries and give to deserving and qualifying beneficiaries?
11. How can a person who was previously owning a property be assisted in the event of:
12. Does the government housing subsidy cater for foreigners in terms of the qualification criteria?
13. What are the requirements for a person to qualify for an individual housing subsidy?
14. Are non-residents of the area and/or ward where a housing project is to take place eligible to apply or benefit from the project not in their area and/or ward?
16. Is it possible to receive government subsidised houses on a site and/or where the beneficiary has an existing housing structure or they will be re-allocated?
17. What is the size of a government subsidised house?
21. If a person's application for a government housing subsidy was approved in another area, can that same person qualify to be allocated another subsidised house when relocating to another area?
22. Can a person who qualifies for a government subsidy be subsidised to complete his/her unfinished house?
23. Does the government housing subsidy provides subsidies to qualifying persons who are tenants in privately owned land?
25. Why pensioners are not exempted from paying rates?