In a unanimous decision on Thursday, the Constitutional Court found that the Western Cape government and the City of Cape Town have violated their constitutional obligations to redress spatial injustice by failing to provide affordable housing in well-located areas near the city center. Justice Nonkosi Mhlantla, writing for the court, stated that Cape Town remains "one of the most spatially divided and unequal cities in the world," with residential patterns still segregated along race and class lines. The court criticized the province for prioritizing large-scale housing projects on cheap peripheral land while neglecting inner-city areas like Sea Point, which has access to schools, health facilities, and transport.