Land redistribution aims to give those most in need a chance to get land for housing and productive purposes. It caters for urban and rural areas and includes labour tenants, farm workers and people who want to start farming.

A grant is a sum of money that you do not have to pay back. The government pays the money to help people pay for land or something else on the land like a well, fencing, etc. But it is not money in your hand. The money goes directly to the person or agent that is selling the land or the service. The government gives no more than R16 000 in subsidy money to any one applicant/household. If you apply for a grant from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform, you cannot get a housing subsidy from the Department of Human Settlements as well.

There are five different grants from the Department of Rural Development and Land Reform to assist with the land reform programme:

• Land Acquisition Grant
• Settlement Grant
• Settlement Planning Grant
• Land Acquisition Grant for local authorities
• Land Redistribution for Agricultural Development grants

(See: The Housing Subsidy; Land Redistribution Agricultural Development (LRAD) Grant)