BRIEFING PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE HOUSING Parliament Cape Town 11 June 2003 MMC Clr S.S. Dlamini SEO Mr N. Pillay

HOUSING CHALLENGESIMPACT 1.High level of migration to the CTMM 2.Evictions on farms 3.High degree of unemployment  Housing back log estimated at  Land Invasion  High densities in informal settlements  Location of informal settlements on dolomite, rail reserves, private land and environmentally sensitive areas  Land mafia’s 4. Cross Border Issues  Different standards of development  Tribal Land (Amakhosi)  The North West Housing Co-operation  R239 townships  Urban edge concept 5. AIDS/HIV  Rate of people dying – life span of cemeteries  Impact on housing – household run by children  Increase of orphanages, etc.

KEY PERFORMANCE AREA FOR THE HOUSING DIVISION KPAOBJECTIVESTARGETSIDP 1.Land Invasion, Informal Settlement, Management and Community Liaison  Informal Settlement Management Plan  Land Invasion Administration  Relocations  Disaster Management  Council Approved Informal Management Plan  Implement the plan  3000 Families per year  Relocate Edmond Street  Relocate Brews, Mooiplaas, Timsrand and Lazonia  Infrastructure  Social  Economical 2.Waiting List and Subsidy Administration  Waiting list Administration  Subsidy Administration  Consumer education  Set up an effective network system for data capturing  Capture families for the waiting list per year  Waiting list registration in the cross border area  Relevant plan for consumer education  Social 3.Housing Development and Provision  Land identification for low income housing  Planning and township establishment  Installation of services  Top structure construction  Built Housing Support centers for the People’s Housing Process  Plan sites  Service sites  Build houses  Infrastructure  Social  Economical  Safety and Security

KEY PERFORMANCE AREA FOR THE HOUSING DIVISION KPAOBJECTIVESTARGETSIDP 6. Institutional Housing  Establish and Institutional Housing Unit  Budget with Province on new projects  Provide support to Housing Company  Urban Regeneration  Inner City Development  Policy for Institutional Housing in the CTMM  Institutional  Social  Economical  Infrastructure 7. Project Management  Project Administration  Project Implementation  People’s Housing Process  Manage all housing related projects  Institutional  Social  Economical 8. Rental Administration  Cost recovery programme  Uniform rental lease agreement  Achieve full cost recovery in 5 years starting from  Institutional and economic

(a) Structural Defects on Housing Units Q: What support has been given to PHP A:1 (i) 5 Regions have been established where PHP are being built - Centurion Region - Mamelodi Region - Soshanguve Region - Atteridgeville Region - Winterveld Region

(ii) The PHP centres will be the main centre with a number of satellite stations for each project. (iii)Main centre will provide: - building material for satellite centres - training on building related skills for satellite centers. - soft skills: Project management Finance & procurement -hard skills : brick making brick laying plumbing carpentry and joinery electrification

A:2. Other support: Financial support to build PHP centres - The building of PHP centres is part of the public works programme - Job opportunities are created in the building process - On completion PHP centres will be donated as Community centres

(b) Local Authority Q: Do local authorities as developers have the capacity to manage and to do as required by the constitution. A: Yes and No - Yes in the sense of the Partnership between the CTMM and Gauteng Department of Housing. - The added capacity provided by Regional Planning Teams. No in the sense that the CTMM Housing Division is still understaffed The CTMM Aims and objectives is to get accreditation

(c) Rental Housing Stock Q: Is there any progress towards Rental Housing Stock A: Yes. December 2001 Council approved cost recovery programe over a period of 5 years.

(d) Municipalities Q: Do Municipalitis have technical teams to look at quality. A: Yes. CTMM works on standards set by Service Delivery unit. For top structure CTMM use building inspectors from Council and Province for quality assurance. Hostel Redevelopment Strategy in place seeks to: -Introduce designs that will enhance public spaces and encourage family living -Provice top up funding to the subsidy for improved minimum family units. -Make provision for use of emerging contractors, local labour and public participation -Most of all seeks to provide social integration of communities with a history of hostile neighbourhood.

HostelTotal beds per phaseNumber of family unitsProgress to date Mamelodi (9000 beds) Mamelodi Phase Pending court decision Saulsville (9008 beds) Phase 1 (block G H) Phase 1 (block D,E,F.) Phase 3 (block L M Completed In process Soshanguve (1388 beds) Phase 1 – block E2, G1,G Phase Completed Total Improved to date3976 beds converted 617 family units Converted 3976 beds to 617 family units

THANK YOU NGIYABONGA DANKIE