Homelessness in Cape Town
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An estimated 14,000+ people sleep rough or in temporary shelters across Cape Town, driven by job loss, mental illness, eviction, addiction and structural housing exclusion. Municipal response oscillates between law-enforcement displacement and small-scale NGO provision — neither
#00012Unhoused residents in Cape Town have no reliable, dignified access to hygiene facilities
Cape Town's ~14,000 unhoused residents lack consistent access to showers, toilets and basic sanitary supplies. Current provision is mobile, voucher-gated, or shelter-only — leaving most rough sleepers reliant on public toilets where dignity, safety and women's needs are not met.
#00015Digital nomads and short-term rentals are pricing locals out of Cape Town's central neighbourhoods
Remote workers on SA's nomad visa pay R25,000–R30,000/month for one-bed flats versus a local median salary of R5,500/month, and short-term rentals have absorbed central housing stock. Long-standing residents of Bo-Kaap, Woodstock and Salt River face displacement that compounds p…