FILM SCREENING & PANEL DISCUSSION: NOT IN MY NEIGHBOURHOOD

​For over a decade, Ndifuna Ukwazi and Reclaim the City have been calling for a Transitional Housing / Temporary Emergency Accommodation (TEA) Policy.

​In a landmark victory, with Ndifuna Ukwazi Law Centre representing the Bromwell Street families, the Constitutional Court on 20 December 2024 ordered the City of Cape Town to develop a reasonable Temporary Emergency Accommodation Policy. The Court directed that this policy must be implemented alongside the National Emergency Housing Programme, and in a manner consistent with the Constitution.

​On 2 February 2026, the City of Cape Town finally released a draft Temporary Emergency Accommodation Policy for public comment, with a deadline of 2 March 2026.

​In the 2017 documentary Not in My Neighbourhood, the Bromwell Street families are featured as they resist gentrification, alongside communities in Brazil and New York.

​We are hosting this screening to create space for critical conversation about housing, displacement, and dignity. With the City’s TEA Policy currently open for public comment, this is a decisive moment. The policy will shape how people are treated when they are evicted or displaced - whether they are provided with safe, dignified, and well-located housing, or pushed further to the margins.

​Not in My Neighbourhood exposes the realities of gentrification and the human cost behind development. Join us to watch, reflect, and take action.