Motivation for a Managed Land Settlement Programme Ronald Eglin August 2018

Introduction East London based NGO > 25 years experience Promoting active citizenship and good governance Supporting communities, & citizens to effectively engage with the state www.afesis.org.za

1. Millions of people still live in poor conditions 2.1 million households still live in poor conditions despite government building more than 2.5 million houses over 20 years 2. It will take decades to build houses for all these people It will take almost 20 years to address backlog at present delivery rates of 118,000 houses a year (excluding new demand) South Africa’s Housing Conundrum, SAIRR, @liberty, No 4, 2015/6 October 2015/Issue 20: http://irr.org.za/reports-and-publications/atLiberty/files/liberty-2013-south-africas-housing-conundrum

A. Present Options B. New Option 1. Wait for RDP house 2. Invade land 3. Allow people to settle on land in organised manner

Managed Land Settlement At start: provide basic services & basic tenure - so people can move onto land Managed Land Settlement Over time: provide development support – so people can improve their own houses

Upgrading informal settlement Managed land Settlement Incremental settlement Upgrading informal settlement (UISP) Managed land Settlement (MLS) Site and service Plot and basic service

The Managed Land Settlement Process Community ‘co-driving’ Community ‘driving’ Community ‘driving’ 1 2 3 4 5 Prepare for development Basic development Aided self help Upgrading On-going development Government ‘co-driving’ Government ‘driving’ Government ‘driving’ http://afesis.org.za/managed-land-settlement/

Basic Development Basic Organising Basic Planning Basic Services Basic Tenure

Basic Tenure Land Records System Nationally constituted & locally administered Basic Tenure Land Records Act - Proposed by HLPKL Social unit - Head of household - Family - Extended family - group Land rights - Occupy - Use for purpose - Transfer - Bequeath, etc Spatial unit - Cloud - Point - Plot (GPS) - Erf (Land survey) Why? - Cheaper to set up & maintain - Linked to Deeds Registration system (both directions) Evidence Piece of paper - Occupation & Use Rights(OUR) certificate (similar to PTO)

Aided self help Housing support Business support Social support – Help households to build or organise the building of their own houses Business support – Help construction and other businesses to start or expand Social support – Help children, youth, the aged, the infirm and people with disabilities, orphans, women’s groups, neighbourhood residents, cultural groups, etc to address their needs

Get more land – over shorter period of time Past - Identify incremental settlement areas in SDF’s - Municipalities develop and implement a land acquisition programme - Increase the budget for land acquisition - Improve capacity for land acquisition (negotiate, expropriate, land swops, land pooling and readjustments) Future 4 to 5 times more land needed to get to aided self help

Critique & response Can’t move person from one shack to another. It creates slums. Its better than people living in informal settlements & people can start to invest in their own houses as have tenure security It encourages urban sprawl. Yes, but can have smaller plots and other programmes like Social Housing and CRU There is not enough good land for everyone & it will be expensive Today’s edge is tomorrows well located. Will need to redirect human & financial resources to land acquisition & explore innovative tools (land swaps, expropriate).

Motivation for MLS Just give us land and we will build our own houses. – homeless movement It provides an alternative to invasion and service delivery protests. – municipalities It’s easier to upgrade later – engineers

MLS – not new Past Now Incremental Housing Cluster Gauteng Department of Housing from 1994 to about 2003, including the Mayibuye Programme 4-Peg Policy Port Elizabeth Municipality (now NMM), over a period of approximately 9 years from the early 1990’s Accelerated Managed Land Settlement Programme Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality from about 1999 to 2005 Now http://www.urbanlandmark.org.za/research/x47.php Gauteng Rapid Land Release Programme Gauteng Dept Human Settlements, to be launched 31 August 2018 - state (& other) land/ buildings for settlement and urban agriculture Ethiopia Urban Expansion Initiative Ethiopian government, partnering with academics and others, started in 2013 as pilot in 4 cities.

New momentum for MLS In past: Lack of political will We will build houses for everyone Now: Recognition of need for change In line with the NDP, we will help you get a house, starting with a piece of land with services

Recommend two prong approach Upgrading of informal settlements - on land people already occupying Build on existing Upgrading informal settlement subsidy programme Managed Land Settlement - on new land Introduce a new Managed Land Settlement subsidy programme

Thanks http://afesis.org.za/managed-land-settlement/ Managed Land Settlement contributes to Governments land redistribution targets & housing targets http://afesis.org.za/managed-land-settlement/ info@afesis.org.za 043 7433830