Social Housing Foundation

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Social Housing Foundation
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• Presentation at
• Public hearings on Budget Vote 28 -
• Social Housing Foundation
• Expenditure 2004/5 Budget 2005/6
• 10 May 2006

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Social Housing Foundation

• Established in 1997 as Section 21 company
• Housing Amendments Act (1999) national
  institution
• Mandate from government to enable, support and
  strengthen the capability of the social housing
  sector to build sustainable, well functioning
  communities.

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Business of Institution

• Products Services
• Product Development (generic unique)
• Process Consulting
• General advise and support to sector
• Promote best practice
• Research and information provision
• Policy development and advocacy

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Business of Institution

• Strategic Objectives / KRAs
• Inform support social (medium density) housing
  policy and program development
• Build capability and effectiveness of the sector
• Inform and support sector stakeholders
• Promote access to financial and human resources
• Facilitate strengthen networks among Social
  Housing Role players
• Achieve business service excellence

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Expenditure 2004/5
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Performance 2004/5

• Completion of Restructuring
• The SHF role should be focused on
• Capacity building and
• Capacity building grant making
• To address
• the demands of the sector and
• contribute towards the implementation of
  governments breaking new ground strategy

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Performance 2004/5

• SHI Generic Operations manual
• Comprehensive document mapping internal
  processes, systems, procedures for a SHI (based
  on best practices experiences in the sector)
• Developed in collaboration with the sector
• Launched at 4 strategic areas in SA to make it
  accessible

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Performance 2004/5

• Public housing stock conference
• Discussion on issues relating to existing local
  and provincial public stock
• Options, models, lessons and experiences shared
• Valuable focussed international inputs from UK,
  Russia Netherlands to facilitate work of local
  role players

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Performance 2004/5

• Forums networks
• Significantly the Local government social housing
  forum
• Policy support work
• Social housing policy and Bill
• Information provision to the sector
• Resource centre
• Partnerships with sector role players

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Performance 05/6

• Overall Good performance for this period impact
  of turnaround
• Information organisation as opposed to a training
  organisation
• Part of SHF Budget for EU SPSH
• Activities not funded, not achieved, as
  partnerships expected funded not received

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Budget 05/6
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Workplan 05/6
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Workplan 05/6
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Workplan 05/6
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Workplan 05/6
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Workplan 05/6
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Workplan 05/6
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Workplan 05/6
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The Way Ahead 06/7

• Business Plan for 06/7 comprises the combined
  programmes of the Social Housing Foundation and
  the EU Support Programme for Social Housing (PMU
  AWP3)
• The plan is characterized by the following issues
  of uncertainty
• Delays in establishment of Social Housing
  Regulatory Authority (SHRA)
• Resultant closure of SHF
• Forthcoming closure of SPSH programme June 2007
• Establishment of Social Housing Directorate in
  NDoH

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Strategic Objectives

• 6 Objectives

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Rational for Strategic Objectives

• The need to maintain existing programmes
  (especially in view of SPSH contracted
  commitments)
• Need to meet the needs of the Social Housing
  Sector
• Need to ensure effective operational management,
  procurement, monitoring and evaluation

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Budget 06/7
KRA Total NDoH EU VROM
1 R1 557 031 R611 191 R465 000 R480 840
2 R2 099 988 R439 938 R1 660 000 -
3 R46 718 965 R3 202 320 R43 284 805 R231 840
4 R5 280 949 R272 949 R4 693 000 R315 000
5 R5468562 R416 022 R4 820 700 R231 840
6 R6 863 556 R4 915 080 R1 500 000 R448 476
7 R10 269 708 R9 589 708 R680 000 -
R78 258 760 R19 395 109 R57 103 505 R1 707 996
Note this excludes funds from EU WP4
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Issues to note

• SHF SHRA
• SHRA establishment process team of consultants
  appointed to deal with this process
• SHF de-linked from the SHRA establishment process
• No formal notifications/decisions on NDOH
  position regarding SHRA and SHF future
• NDOH SH unit
• Unit still has to be formed
• SHF role/functions in the interim?

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Issues to note

• Support for housing co-operative sector
• Closure of Norad programme in Nov 2005
• No additional funding/provision for capacity
  building support to this sector in 06/7
• Public stock support
• Limited capacity building support for the public
  sector in dealing with this stock
• SHF budget focus on SH not other areas of BNG

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Issues to note

• Policy/legislation issues of note
• PIE amendment/eviction alignment urgent for the
  rental sector
• Impact of High court ruling on evictions (Jhb)
  options for local authorities
• SH Bill and formation of SHRA timing
• National credit act implications
• Contract for rapid delivery effect on social
  housing (private sector interest/involvement)

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