The hostel is in ward 52 and consists of 41 residential blocks with 6 800 tenants. The block is dilapidated to the extent that it will have to be demolished and the site would be converted to community residential units (CRUs). It is also surrounded by informal settlements. The municipality had appointed a contractor to provide maintenance and the department appointed a service provider to conduct pre-planning studies and detail designs in terms of the CRU policy. The temporary electrification has been installed in hostels 1 and 2 in such a manner that the substation and power cables can be re-used in future developments.