The Western Cape government says a group of squatters is costing taxpayers R83 000 daily.

Housing MEC Bonginkosi Madikizela has applied for a court order to evict 63 families from a temporary relocation area in Delft.

The site is earmarked for a housing development which will form part of the N2 Gateway Project.

The MEC says while the battle between government and the families continues, they have to pay a construction company, despite it not being able to access the site.

“Now we cannot allow a situation where two hundred families are denied access to their houses by sixty three people who do not qualify,” says Madikizela.