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Figure 22: Provincial percentage change between 2002 and 2011 in the percentage of households
who received housing subsidies
As a result of the concerns raised by community groups about the quality of state-provided housing, a
number of questions were included in the GHS questionnaires to facilitate an analysis of the extent of
problems with the construction of these dwellings. Respondents were asked to indicate whether the walls
and roof of their dwellings were: very good, good, needed minor repairs, weak or very weak. Figure 23
summarises the findings specifically for ‘RDP’ or state-subsidised dwellings. It was found that across the
country, 15,5% of households felt that the walls of their dwellings were weak or very weak, whilst 16,1% felt
that the roof was weak or very weak. There was considerable variation between provinces in the
perceptions about housing quality. Most complaints were noted in the three Cape provinces: Western,
Eastern and Northern Cape. Households in Gauteng and Limpopo seemed most content with the quality of
their home’s walls and roofs.
Figure 23: Percentage of households that said that their ‘RDP’ or state-subsidised house has weak
or very weak walls and/or roof by province, 2011
General Household Survey, July 2011