Checked 27 October 2026
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GroundUp, citing a reply by the human settlements minister, gives Cape Town 12,401 homes handed over from 2020/21 to 2024/25. That is the most of the eight metros. An earlier official reply also puts Cape Town ahead of every metro from 2019/20 to 2023/24. Official tables count houses in different ways. For example, a 2024 reply gives Cape Town 17,744 for 2019/20 to 2023/24. But each table puts Cape Town first among the metros.
City of Cape Town. Published 20 August 2026.
Where to look: Speech text, sentence 'So we delivered more state-subsidised housing than any other metro, at 12 400 homes in five years.' (what was said; DA-run City, not used to verify)
Department of Human Settlements. Published 16 September 2024.
Where to look: Reply A(ii), Table 1, 'City of Cape Town Metro': 5 694 (2019/20), 3 393 (2020/21), 3 381 (2021/22), 2 803 (2022/23), 2 473 (2023/24) houses delivered, the highest five-year total of the eight metro rows (next: 'City of Johannesburg Metro' 3 261, 2 083, 2 222, 2 415, 2 384)
EWN. Published 20 August 2026.
Where to look: Paragraph 6 (quote: 'So we delivered more state-subsidised housing than any other metro, at 12 400 homes in five years.')
GroundUp. Published 6 February 2026.
Where to look: Paragraph 1 (source: a parliamentary reply by human settlements minister Thembisile Simelane); paragraph 2 and list: Cape Town handed over the most homes between 2020/21 and 2024/25, 'City of Cape Town: 12,401' (next: eThekwini 5,355)
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