Meyer eyes public-private partnership to ease KZN student housing shortage
The Department of Public Works in KZN says it's collaborating with housing bodies to address a shortage of student accommodation in the province.
MEC Martin Meyer says a number of unused government buildings have been identified.
He says plans are already in place to convert the Palm Ridge Hotel in Durban's South Beach into a student residence.
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"We are looking at setting up a public-private partnership with companies and organisations that work with student housing to see if that can be converted.
"We will then provide a long-term lease at a minimal fee that can be converted into student housing and that that building is no longer abandoned and being part of the problem of the inner city of the area."
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