SA Affordable Housing November / December 2016 // Issue: 61 | Page 30

ADVERTORIAL

The first phase of Aloe Ridge in Pietermaritzburg’s Westgate Grange has been constructed from Corobrik’s Burnt Apricot and Montana
Travertine face brick. Geolock has been used for retaining walls.

Aloe Ridge: Pietermaritzburg’s
largest all-facebrick social
housing project
Hundreds of families in the Westgate Grange area of Pietermaritzburg
will soon have access to affordable housing with the completion of Aloe
Ridge, the largest social housing project in the city constructed entirely
of Corobrik facebrick.

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onceptualised by non-profit organisation Msunduzi
Housing Association (MHA), construction of Aloe
Ridge began in November 2014 in an effort to
provide much-needed reasonably-priced rental
accommodation for the lower to middle-income earners in
the area.

of May 2017,” explains Ivor Caldecott, chief executive
officer of MHA . “There is a huge housing demand for
households earning between R2 000 and R7 500 monthly
but not enough competitive private sector initiatives
meeting this demand. Through this development, we hope
to make a significant dent in this market.”

MHA is a social housing institution committed to meeting
the needs of the community and, in addition to the
conceptualisation and design of the project, MHA
completed all the relevant funding applications, owns and
oversees the development and will manage all the
tenancies going forward.

Caldecott said that, in addition to the provision of housing,
Aloe Ridge will create 500 jobs for unskilled labour during
the construction phase, as well as full-time, permanent
employment for six general workers, six cleaners, six
security guards, a housing supervisor, two letting agents
and one rental administration upon completion.

“We anticipate completion of the entire project by the end

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