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Housing crisis: The City of Johannesburg must take action now to prevent a repeat of the 80 Albert Street building fire in which 88 people were injured and 77 died. (Delwyn Verasamy)

Ask Ash | Johannesburg’s housing crisis is like a movie on loop

The hijacking of buildings is a symptom of seriously deep-seated social problems in our society

‘A bloodbath’: Property expert Zamantungwa Khumalo says Sandton rental prices have dropped. Photo: Waldo Swiegers/Bloomberg/Getty Images

Apartments stand vacant as people opt to buy

Low interest rates are seeing tenants become homeowners and putting landlords under pressure

Living in the dark: Yigal Paul Fraser lost his job during the lockdown and is unable to pay his rent. His landlord has cut the electricity to his family’s apartment. (David Harrison)

Eviction spike as the lockdown relaxes

Housing tribunal data shows that tenants are increasingly in distress as landlords come knocking for the unpaid lockdown rent owed to them

The immediate danger of becoming homeless is more urgent than worrying about contracting the coronavirus.

Online campaign advocates for tenants’ rights during the lockdown

Rent Strike South Africa says working-class families are struggling to keep up with paying rent during the lockdown. And, although there is a moratorium on evictions, it fears…

Justice delayed: Zabalaza Mshengu had also instituted a land claim in 2002 for the land where he was born, which houses Hilton College, but died before it could be settled. (Association for Rural Advancement)

Farmer tenants demand services from municipalities

Tenants want the order declaring that municipalities have failed to discharge their constitutional obligations

Reducing tenant risk for buy-to-let property investors

The perception that the South African legal system gives tenants more rights than property owners is wrong.

Challenges of eviction

How do you get a previous owner out of a repossessed house?

How to deal with tardy tenants

How to handle a tenant that is always paying the rent late.