Breaking New Ground

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Breaking New Ground

• Construction Indaba 21 April 2005

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Background Key Elements for Sustainable Human
Settlements
Rural
Space
Economy
Informal
Formal
Urban
Governance
Environment
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• Current human settlement conditions
• Informal settlement growth
• Social dysfunctionality
• Unbalanced property markets
• Delivery capacity constraints
• Complex demand requires complex supply response
  sharper instruments

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New Housing Vision

• Accelerating delivery as poverty alleviation
  strategy
• Job creation
• Asset creation
• Promoting social cohesion
• Single residential property market
• Sustainable human settlements
• Leveraging economic growth

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40 contact crimes
20 1st generation urban
limited secondary property market rates
base
Township
Inner city
Lower/ middle income
Upper income
300 increase in property prices
The 2004 context key dimensions
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40 contact crimes
emergency housing/ inf. settlement instrument
20 1st generation urban
urban renewal/ social amenities/ transfer of stock
community reinvestment FSC
limited secondary property market rates
base
Township
social housing/ urban renewal
Inner city
Lower/ middle income
municipal rates base
Upper income
300 increase in property prices
The 2004 context key dimensions
rural subsidy services technology support
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Framework for engagement
POLICY
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The Implementation Plan Structure
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2 Tenure forms in respect of 4 broad programmatic
thrusts
Incremental housing
Social/rental housing
Freehold
Alternative tenure communal
Non-Free Hold, e.g.leasehold share blocks
RDP housing progs
Rural housing progs.
Social housing
Public rental (existing)
Housing market-based progs (new)
Hostel upgrades
On/off farm (new)
Indigenous technology grant (new)
Individual
Existing revisited
Housing Assoc./ Co-ops (new)
Project linked (existing)
PHP
Individual subsidy
In situ upgrade/informal settlements Emergency
housing (new)
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Sub Programmes

• Socio economic facilities sub programme
• Product redefinition project / NHBRC
• Land acquisition, sub programme
• Capacity building / Accreditation, sub programme
• Peoples Housing process (redefinition) sub
  programme
• Letsema mobilisation sub programme
• Spatial restructuring / medium density sub
  programme
• Job creation sub programme
• Housing sections of IDP sub programme
• Database cleanup sub programme

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Defining Programmatic Procedures and Systems to
Structural Arrangements

• Financial Services Market
• Task Team
• FSC Commitments

• Incremental Housing
• Project linked
• PHP
• Individual
• Informal Settlement

Rural Housing (New)

• Social Rental Housing
• Public Rental
• Hostels Upgrading
• Task Team
• (Being formed)

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Members (Defining Programmatic Procedures and
Systems to Structural Arrangements)
Social Rental Housing

• Financial Services Market

Incremental Housing
Rural Housing

• DOH
• Provinces
• SALGA
• NHFC
• NURCHA
• Development
• Bank of SA
• (Reserve Bank)
• RHLF
• NHBRC
• (NGOs / CBOs)
• SHF

• DOH
• Provinces
• SALGA
• PHPT
• (NGOS / CBOs)
• CSIR
• SERVCON
• THUBELISHA

• DOH
• Provinces
• SALGA
• NHBRC
• CSIR
• (NGOS / CBOs)

• DOH
• Provinces
• SALGA
• SHF
• NHFC
• NURCHA
• (NGOS / CBOs)
• SERVCON
• NASHO

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Towards a structure
Financial Services
Incremental Housing
Rural Housing
Rental / Social Housing
Programme Defined
Transversal / sub programme units macro designed
to serve primary programmes
Sub Programme
Capacity Building / Accreditation
Integrated Planning Management
Land Acquisition
Interface through IGR / IMC Arrangement with
Secretariat and Technical Task teams
Monitoring and Evaluation Units
Support Units / Finance and Administration
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Subprogrammes can be grouped differently to
support primary programmes (subject to specific
conditions and capacity)

• Capacity building / accreditation
• Integrated planning and management
• Land acquisition and management

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Key Success Factors

• Institutional Capacity and Restructuring
• Specialist organizational development
  study-impacting across all three spheres
• Linked to Housing Charter / performance
  agreements
• Resource Alignments
• Inter-ministerial Committee of Comprehensive
  Housing Plan / Project Consolidate and create a
  Technical Committee
• Supported by ongoing bi-laterals
• Community Participation
• Fortifying the social contracts
• Building partnerships/NGOs/CBOs
• Re-engineering departments
• Building strong support institutions
• Social Housing Institutions/
• Peoples Housing Support Centres
• Housing Information Centres/ CDWs
• Funding Arrangement Framework
• Structured to new programmes/sub programmes and
  formats
• Meeting conditions for Dora (Division of Revenue
  Act)
• Management and Oversight

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Management and Oversight
National Provincial Structures / Local
Government
Programme 1
Programme 2
Programme 3
Programme 4
Sub Programmes
Mandates / Report Back / Secretariat services
Financial Services
Incremental Housing
Social / Rental
Rural
Task Teams (Specialists)
Decision Making Structures National / Provincial
/ Local Authority / Housing Institutions
HOD Meeting
HOUSING MINMEC
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Progress on BNG

• 2 Pilots projects per province planned/ being
  implemented
• N2 Gateway in Cape Town
• Cosmo City in JHB
• FSC Commitments being negotiated
• Social Housing Bill, Policy and guidelines
• External funding/ donors