The Department of Housing in the City of Johannesburg has noted with concern a website for housing units that are for rental purposes, under the impression that it has a link to the City.
This comes after the website www.jozihomes.com, has been calling on interested parties to pay a deposit upon receiving a rental unit (rent to buy) in downtown Johannesburg.
The Housing Department says it has no link to this business, nor has it endorsed these types of rental units, which it has since established, does not exist.
The Member of the Mayoral Committee for Housing in the City of Johannesburg, Councillor Mlungisi Mabaso, has been inundated with calls from some victims that have been scammed by the perpetrators.
“Residents will be informed only through the official page of the City as well as the Department of Housing social media pages, which are listed below,” says Mabaso.
Mabaso has urged residents are to be cautious when enquiring for rental units.
The MMC has called on members of the public with information of the perpetrators to report them to the Group Forensic Investigating Services (GFIS) at Sappi Building, 48 Ameshoff Street, 6th floor in Braamfontein.
“The perpetrator/s will be brought to be book and will face the full might of the law,” adds Mabaso.
