The DA believes in accelerating access to title deeds. At our Federal Congress in 2018, we resolved that a DA government would support the giving of superfluous state land to poor families on a one-family-one-plot basis. Title deeds provide a source of collateral to borrow money to fund education and to start businesses.
In contrast, during the Medium Term Budget Policy Statement, the Title Deeds Restoration Grant was phased out despite the fact that there is still a backlog in the issuing of title deeds for beneficiaries of state houses. The target for title deeds registration has been reduced from 170 240 in 2018-19 to 159 867 in 2019-20. This is the opposite of how to unlock opportunity.