The discussion on the Ogle Housing Project (Prado 1) last week was intended to aid us in understanding the controversy over the Sparendaam Housing Project (Prado 2). It will have been deduced that much of what has taken and is still taking place in the housing sector was/is not based on written law. However, there were and still are some general principles: allottees must be property-less and have the capacity to build; government lots are subsidized; allottees must sign an agreement not to sell the property for 10 years without the permission of Central Housing and Planning Authority (CHPA), can be penalized if they do and are not to be given another government lot. Allocations are generally done on a first-come first-served principle and
