By KEDIBONE MOLAETSI
The North West Housing Corporation (NWHC) engaged with Pudimoe residents on a data verification project recently. The NWHC co-coordinator, Neo Maja said the initiative was in partnership with the Greater Taung Local Municipality (GTLM).
“The project is initiated for the purpose of assisting Pudimoe residents in addressing issues such as verification of data between NWHC and the municipality, collection of information for the transfer of all paid up properties, collection of deeds of grants for paid up properties with charge of bonds from the clients and signing of lease agreements as well as offer to purchase for rented properties.
“The NWHC convened a meeting and engaged with Pudimoe Residents Committee (PRC) and other stakeholders. The GTLM representatives were also part of the initiative to give response on the project. During the meeting, NWHC emphasised that the project is meant to help residents of Pudimoe to gain full ownership of the properties they occupied,” Maja said.
She said the NWHC was grateful after a total number of 113 residents visited their office for consultation. Maja added that they visited more than 50 tenants in order to collect necessary documents for transfers and cancellation of charges.
“In most cases, we assisted older people who were less-informed. Fourteen deeds of grants were collected from tenants, thirteen documents were collected for application of lost copies and seven tenants paid up their houses and they are going to be given full title deeds.
Pudimoe Residents Committee (PRC) secretary, Lesego Mohlabi said: “We highly-appreciate the NWHC’s efforts to assist our people. Their dedication and efforts are well-proven after we raised issues regarding the project. So, I am pleased to be part of such a wonderful project that is aiming at changing our lives for the better.
“We encourage community members to visit the NWHC offices and bring along ID copies, marriage certificate, death certificate and letter of authority for cancellation of charges. Deeds of grants and ID copies are required for transfer of ownership.”
The NWHC’s offices operate from Wednesday to Friday at GTLM in Taung and Pudimoe.
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