Human Settlement input- Local
Government Week: Building
Sustainable Human Settlements
Director- General: Mr T Zulu
1 AUGUST 2012
CONTENTS
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Purpose
Vision and Mission
Problem statement
Areas for intervention
Policy considerations
Policy enhancements
Legislative & policy review
Governance, fraud and corruption
Institutional arrangements
Recommendations
PURPOSE
The Purpose of this presentation is to provide
the Departmental view on work done to
respond to Human Settlement challenges
through local Government as points of delivery
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A nation housed in Sustainable
human settlements with access to
socio – economic infrastructure”
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MISSION
“To establish & facilitate a sustainable
process that provides equitable access
to adequate housing for all within the
context of affordability of housing,
services, access to social amenities &
economic opportunities”
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Problem Statement
Acute shortage of basic services and housing
for the poor:
 Affordable access to housing for the working
class,
Creation of holistic living environments in
South Africa
 Unprecedented migration into the urban
centers and resultant urban growth.
 Growth of informal settlements and associated
social ill.
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Western Cape
Slum and informality
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Problem Statement
Characterized by low family incomes,
Land speculation, and
Gaps in the implementation and regulatory
policies, legislation and
Gaps in implementation frameworks - forced a
substantial segment of our population to live in
inadequate and precarious settlements
 Below is a geographical location of these
informal settlements;
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Informal Settlements: NDHS, 2009
Limpopo
Gauteng
Mpumalanga
North West
KwaZulu-Natal
Northern Cape
Free State
Eastern Cape
Western Cape
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Areas for intervention
 Government will develop appropriate
legislation and funding and implementation
frameworks to develop and prevent the
creation poorly located
Plan for the provision of basic services,
sustainable livelihoods
 Plan for alternative basic services
 Provision of rental stock and communal
development models
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Areas for intervention
The allocation of resources: not optimally
allocated and results in poor outputs and
outcomes
 Direct resources to meet human Settlements
and national Developmental goals and
objectives.
 See the reality we are creating as our future:
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CURRENT HOUSING PROJECTS
8072 projects
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Policy considerations
 Comprehensive consolidation of the policy
developed and undertaken by Government be
undertaken to ensure the Department of
Human Settlements responds to the
development needs and aspirations of the
community.
 This will take legislative amendment, policy
rethink and enhancements
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Policy enhancements
 Green Paper on Human Settlements
Development – Aimed at the developmental shift
from the concept of housing to human
settlements.
 The drafting, adoption and enactment of a
Human Settlements Development Act
Develop a framework for Monitoring and
Oversight Planning, Funding and Implementation
of National Development Priorities by Provinces
and Municipalities
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Policy enhancements
 Enhance the national development mandates
and priorities to ensure synergy of efforts and
plans.
The Department proposes strengthening and
tightening conditions for funding
 Coordinate government efforts to fight poverty
 Strengthen the co-ordination, Monitoring and
evaluation regime
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Policy enhancements
 Enhance the Legislative Framework for a
Consolidated Human Settlements Development
Finance Institutions
Plan to investigation of a Human Settlements
and Housing Bank so as to promote access to
finance
 We currently considering finding of a review into
the Human Settlement Development Finance
institutions
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Policy enhancements
 The institutions are the Rural Housing Loan
Fund, NURCH and NHFC
 They require a refocus to meet the enhanced
mandate
 Enhance the National Framework for the
Management and Administration of Household
and Beneficiary Administration- this is due to
inaccurate data base
 Development of policy for special and
vulnerable groups. The Aged, Military veterans,
children and orphans. Restoring dignity to our
people
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Tokzana
Gauteng
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Policy enhancements
 Policy on gender mainstreaming: Aimed at
addressing inequality and empowerment of
women, this will be through Gender
mainstreaming
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Legislative and policy review
 Review of the Funding and Subsidy Framework
and Architecture to Improve Outcomes and
Sustainability of Programmes and Projects
 Current funding framework has created a
measure of dependence by citizen, this in the
context of a slow growing economy
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Governance, Fraud and Corruption
 Review of the Current Legislative and
Regulatory Frameworks to Improve Governance
and Eradicate Fraud, Corruption and
Maladministration
 Evident seepage and leakage of resources from
within the current system as a result of fraud,
corruption and maladministration.
 Review current frameworks for effectiveness of
the system
 Review White Paper on Sanitation to focus on
integrated planning, development and funding
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Governance, Fraud and Corruption
 Afford Sanitation status of a national
development priority.
 Review of policy, legislation, regulations as well
as the roles, responsibilities, functions and
obligations of various government and nongovernment role-players in the planning,
funding, implementation and monitoring of the
sanitation function.
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Governance, Fraud and Corruption
 Regulatory Impact Assessment of Policy and
Legislation in the realization of Sustainable
Human Settlements Development with particular
reference to the poor and working class
Impact assessment to be mandatory against set
targets and objectives
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Institutional arrangements
 To this end, and aimed at realizing SERVICE DELIVERY,
the Turn-Around Strategy has been completed.
- The strategy is delivery focused
- Re-oriented the Department to follow the money
- Designed the Department to assess, monitor products
and adherence to:
(i) Project planning and compliances
(ii) Project funding, fund mobilization, delivery and impact
(iii) Project delivery and synergy of services
(iv) Facilitation and management of Public-Private
partnerships and,
(v) Sustainability of settlements
(vi) Capacity building for delivery and management of
settlements
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Duplex
Gauteng
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Emerald Sky
Eastern Cape
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Social Housing
Western Cape
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Integrated Human
Settlements
COMMERCIAL
&
BUSINESS
ENVIRONMENTAL
SPACE
SOCIAL
AMENITIES
HOUSES
INTERNAL
SERVICES
BULK
SERVICES
LAND
Human Settlements Dept.
Secret
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JABULANI AFTER
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JABULANI AFTER
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Inescapable Reality
 We provide tangible social and economic
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infrastructure
Provide resources for market or customer
attraction and mobilization;
Provide bulk infrastructure that require
management and maintenance, thus creating
jobs;
Increase municipal tax and revenue base;
Create room to attract future investment.
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CONCLUSION
 Future housing needs be done with due
consideration to active participation by
communities in the planning and implementation
of programmes and projects.
 Special attention must be given to the
development and promotion of the community
led initiatives including Co-Operative Human
Settlement and Housing Development Model
 Current subsidy framework is not sustainable
under the economic and fiscal regime
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Thank You