Residentially led mixed-use high-density development which includes open market rental homes but aims to maximise the provision of social and affordable rental housing. While there has been an intention to redevelop the site since at least 2012 as part of the Western Cape Provincial Government's Cape Town Central City Regeneration Programme, the official inclusion of affordable and/or social housing in the project was confirmed in 2020 when the Province released the details of the project through a questionnaire for prospective developers, social housing institutions and funders. There has been little to no tangible progress on site.

New Market Street was committed in the City of Cape Town’s Woodstock, Salt River and Inner City Precinct Affordable Housing Prospectus as a site to be handed over to a private developer to build a mixed-income development including at least 300 social housing apartments. In November 2020, after years of inaction, the City published a notice announcing its plans to lease the Newmarket Street site to a private company, Growthpoint, to be used as a parking lot for three years. After objections from Ndifuna Ukwazi and the City's Human Settlements Department, the City decided to abandon this lease. In May 2021, the City announced that it planned to lease the site to the City’s Human Settlements Department instead, to enable the Department to develop social housing on the site. In terms of the City’s notice, the land will be leased to the Department for 30 years at a nominal rental of R150 per year. The City embarked on a parallel rezoning process. No tangible progress on site.

The City of Cape Town released a prospectus in 2016 calling for proposals for the precinct. The City intended to release the land to the private sector for mixed use development with a focus on addressing congestion and transport through the area and a residential component that provides for "a diverse cross-section of income groups". The City did not not specify the amount or nature of affordable housing in their Prospectus so it was up to the private sector to decide this. After 6 proposals were exhibited for public input, the bid evaluation process was completed in February 2018 and Mitchell Du Plessis Associates (MDA) was announced as the winner. The winning proposal would complete the unfinished highways and build roughly 450 affordable homes and 3200 market related homes. However, avoidable errors in the procurement process scuppered the project and ultimately led to the request for proposals being cancelled in July 2018. To date the RFP has not been relaunched and the project has subsequently been deleted from the City's Integrated Development Plan. There has been no further progress whatsoever.

The site was identified for future housing development in the City of Cape Town’s Woodstock, Salt River and Inner City Precinct Affordable Housing Prospectus. To date there has been no progress on the development of the site. The existing building is currently being used as a panel beater, some existing council housing and offering commercial and office spaces to let. Apparently this project will no longer go ahead due to heritage issues.

The Western Cape Provincial Government announced in a press statement that the site would be developed and that it would include a small portion of cross-subsidised affordable housing. There has been no progress and a part of the site remains occupied in protest of the government’s failure to build well-located affordable housing.

The site was meant to be developed into a mixed use development including affordable and/or social housing. The City of Cape Town's 2018 Municipal Spatial Development Framework outlines that "City-led interventions are already being planned and implemented to support the Urban Inner Core. These include affordable/ social housing projects in... the Athlone Power Station". The idea of having affordable housing at Athlone Power Station started at least 8 years prior when in 2010 a pre-feasibility report commissioned by the City of Cape Town looked at four scenarios of how the site could be developed. One of the scenarios was a mixed-use community including a "range of medium and higher density housing options (including GAP housing)". Development of the site was stalled in 2012 due to alleged tender irregularities that led to the tender allocation for the decommissioning of the site to Aurecon being set aside by the Western Cape High Court. In 2015 the City Council allocated R2.3 million for the project to be picked back up alongside a team from the World Bank who would work on the development strategy. No progress has been made. In a 2021 open letter Mayor Dan Plato indicated that there were "plans for a renewable energy hub at the Athlone Power Station". This casts serious doubt on whether affordable housing will ever be built on the site.

Identified in the draft Spatial Development Framework as one of the catalytic projects in the Table Bay area that provides "opportunities to advance spatial transformation on state owned land". The City said the site is to be investigated together with the next door Rondebosch Golf Course (also on City land) for its potential contribution to promoting inward growth, spatial justice, improved access to high quality open space and to rationalise the provision of public golf facilities. The City indicated it would do a feasibility study on the part of the site that is not in the 1:100 year floodplain for mixed use development with 30% affordable or social housing. It appears that the City has been working on pre-feasibility studies in the background, and it once again confirmed its commitment to developing the site in April 2023.

During 2019, in response to the legal challenge against the Western Cape Provincial Government to stop the sale of the Tafelberg site, the Province stated in their court papers that Moray Place was in the housing pipeline. For many years provincial politicians have said that Moray place would be a suitable site for housing, but no firm plans have been announced. While small portions of Moray Place are used for existing housing, a school field, and a private soccer club, the majority of this extremely well-located site has been vacant and underutilised for several decades. The site is zoned for development and is highly suitable for mixed-income housing. There is no justifiable reason for the lack of progress.

The City announced in 2017 that the site would be turned into a mixed-income development by a private developer which would include a minimum of 600 social housing units. The 2017 commitment follows many earlier commitments to use the site for affordable housing, some of which go as far back as 2008. The City has embarked on the process of obtaining land use management and environmental approvals for the project to include only 400 social housing apartments. The City has not yet appointed a Social Housing Institution and/or developer to develop the site.

The City has developed 42 transitional housing units on the site and in 2019 19 families who were displaced from other City owned land moved in. The Pickwick Transitional Housing was completed quickly to free up other land for development. It is one of the only committed projects that has actually been developed.

Assigned to the Social Housing Institution Communicare for mixed use development including social and GAP housing. Although this site was identified for affordable housing as early as 2008, the Salt River Market project has been delayed due to challenges around the disposal of the land. The City says that this project is also “nearing construction phase” for development, which includes 200 social housing units.

After considerable public pressure, the WCPG published a feasibility study proposing a mixed-use development on the Tafelberg site. The study shows that it is feasible to build 270 Social Housing flats on the land, with rentals starting at R1000 per month. Ndifuna Ukwazi submitted a counter proposal that demonstrated it was feasible to have up to 316 social housing and 121 market rate homes on the site. Six additional counter proposals from firms and built environment professionals confirmed that more than 270 social housing units were possible. No progress has been made and the Province is in court to avoid being compelled to use the land for affordable housing.

Conradie is a high density mixed-use, mixed-income, mixed-tenure, residentially-led development including over 3 000 residential units, schools, green public spaces, 10 000m² of retail space and 14 500m² of commercial space. 49% of the residential development has been allocated to grant-funded housing, which consists of social housing, FLISP (Finance Linked Individual Subsidy Programme) housing and GAP housing. The remaining 51% of the residential units will be made available to the open market. The development is now largely complete, meaning it is one of only three commitments for well-located affordable housing that has actually been fulfilled so far.

In a letter to Ndifuna Ukwazi on 29 May 2018, Deputy Mayor Ian Neilson said: “It is our intention to have a mixed-use development which includes affordable housing and will be informed by the outcome of the required statutory processes and the most feasible modelling to ensure a successful development.” Former MAYCO Member Brett Herron went further. He said the City would build a mixed-use development including affordable housing on the Green Point Bowling Green for residents earning between R1,500 and R15,000 a month. Just like at the Salt River Market, the City would lease or sell the land to a social housing company at a nominal amount keeping the homes affordable for many years. But on 14th of November 2018 Brett Herron said, “...a cabal is blocking the progress of that project… they have told the officials and other politicians that it is too close to the election to proceed with the project.” The new mayor has committed to investigating the site for affordable housing, but in the meantime a fully developed plan for how housing could be built there has been gathering dust in the Civic Centre for years and is now out of date.

The City has claimed since 2008 that the site will be developed into affordable housing. More recently, the City announced in 2017 that the Woodstock Hospital would become a mixed-income development by a private developer that would include a minimum of 700 social housing units. The site is currently occupied by poor and working class families, who renamed their home Cissie Gool House. In 2021 the City initiated eviction proceedings. The residents continue to fight for a collaborative upgrading process.

The City has claimed since 2008 that the site will be developed into affordable housing. More recently, the site was assigned to the Social Housing Institution SOHCO along with Dillon Lane (as one project) as part of the multi-phase development of 240 social housing units. The Pine Road Social Housing project is in the final stages before construction begins, making it the most advanced of the other Woodstock/ Salt River prospectus projects. The project will consist of 243 social housing apartments targeted at families with a household income between R1 850 and R18 000 per month. The development is solely residential ranging from two to four storey walk-ups in a courtyard block style with a public square in the centre. In 2020, the project was delayed due to serious funding constraints.

Assigned to SOHCO along with Pine Road (as one project) as part of the multi-phase development of 240 social housing units. The project will consist of between 150 and 165 social housing apartments. The land was released to SOHCO in the same deed of sale as the Pine Road site in November 2019. After delays in obtaining planning approvals as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the City secured the planning approvals needed in late 2021. The City says that the project is “nearing construction phase” with the next step being “the submission of the Site Development Plan (SDP) to further prepare the site for the commencement of the construction.”

The City claimed in 2017 that it would develop approximately 43 transitional housing units. It is possible that this transitional housing will be used to relocate people currently living on the Salt River Market site. However, to date there has been no progress on the site and the land has not been released. Planning approvals are currently being acquired to develop the site for roughly 34 social housing units, but there are concerns within the City that the site will never be developed as intended.

The City announced in 2017 that the site would be turned into a mixed-income development by a private developer to include a minimum of 200 social housing units. There has been little to no visible progress.

In 2017 the City, in its prospectus, called on private developers to submit proposals for the development of the Fruit and Veg site for the development of affordable housing. After the City abandoned the process when it didn’t open any of the proposals, there was uncertainty about the future of the site. The City claims that this site, which it estimates can accommodate approximately 150 units, is in “early feasibility stage”. However, since these commitments the City has continued its lease of part of the land to Fruit and Veg (for the Food Lover's Market), has leased another part of the land to Streetscapes (for a food garden and employment project), and recently erected a sign on the site that says “City of Cape Town: Construction of new and rehabilitation of existing non-motorised transport facilities”. The rest of the site is being used as a parking lot. This suggests that if this land is going to be used for affordable housing, it will not be any time soon.

Initially, the City of Cape Town released the site to Standard Bank and the developer Calgro M3 in the mid-2000s for the construction of affordable housing. However, Standard Bank pulled out during the global financial crisis and the site then remained undeveloped for some time. More recently, the land was handed over to the Social Housing Institution Madulamoho who then developed a 204 apartment social housing project on the site. The project was completed in March 2023 and leases have already been signed for 90% of the apartments, once again demonstrating the significant demand for social housing in well-located areas.

In 2018 the City announced that it would develop a number of pieces of public land in Parow into social housing, including land near Parow Station. The land has been divided into four sub-precincts and will apparently be developed sequentially. However, since the announcement of the precinct plan was made by politicians who are no longer part of the City, it is not clear if they will still be developed in this manner. Two properties within the Parow Precinct have recently been advertised for transfer to social housing institutions. Collectively, these two pieces of land will deliver roughly 600 social housing units.

On 27 February 2019 the project was publicly launched with a sod-turning ceremony as a collaborative effort between the national and provincial Departments of Human Settlements, Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA), Passenger Rail Agency of South Africa (PRASA) and the City of Cape Town with DCI Community Housing Services as the Social Housing Institution. The project was planned to provide 1 080 social housing homes and 5 135m2of retail and business space. The project is expected to be completed by mid-2024.