Durban – The Msunduzi Municipality says the flood victims, who have been living in a community hall for the past eight months, have had been relocated to safer and more family-friendly accommodation.
The Department of Human Settlements and Msunduzi Municipality sourced two properties for provision of temporary accommodation for the flood victims.
They will remain at these properties for the next 12 months.
“There was excitement and joy as the residents who lost their homes during the April and May floods finally moved from Truro Hall to new accommodation,” said municipal spokesperson Ntobeko Mkhize in a statement.
“The process of moving the 18 families to flats in Raisethorpe and Scottsville is currently under way and will be concluded today which will result in Truro Hall being closed as a mass care centre,” said the statement.
It said it has been working tirelessly to ensure the rehousing of these families.
It recounted the challenges it faced in relocating the victims, saying the implementing agent was appointed to undertake detailed planning and implementation of Ward 28 Fountain Road Human Settlements Housing Project as a permanent mitigation measure.
The response was met with social challenges and the city had to look for alternative land.
It said the another plot of land was identified in South Road. However while the excavation of the site was in progress, it was disrupted by some residents who deliberately blocked the construction, the municipality said.