1. PUBLIC HEARING on HOUSING CONDITIONAL GRANT 2006/07
Presented by: M Nkoana-Mashabane
The Honourable MEC of Local Government and Housing :Limpopo Province
12 SEPTEMBER 2006

2. Contents 2006/7 Expenditure Conclusion Key Objectives Achievements
Housing programmes
Challenges
Interventions
Conclusion

3. Key Objectives
The Department identified the following as its key objectives:
To provide regulatory framework for housing delivery
To provide capacity and support to municipalities with regard to housing delivery in line with the Housing Act
To create integrated and functional settlements

4. Achievements 5 293 houses completed during 1st quarter
Project Management Unit has been established with assistance of private service provider to manage all contractors and capacitate department project managers
Payment of contracts have reduced from a month to average of 8 days to support financial viability of emerging contractors
The new structure makes provision of four housing programs viz Housing project management, Housing Sector performance, Social Housing and Housing Administration and Property management run by General managers and already appointed .
In partnership with NHBRC the department has launched a mixed income development housing projects in Bela-Bela during June month in which 100 youth are trained in construction and bricklaying
50 PHP houses were allocated to women for construction in five districts during August 2006
32% of the department contractors were awarded to women contractors

5. Housing Development
The Housing Development comprises the following programmes:
Housing Performance/project management
Social Housing
Housing administration and property management
Housing Sector Performance and municipal support

6. Spending Trends

7. Programme: Housing Performance /Project management
Rural and Urban Housing
Target :29 240
5012 houses completed
5055 roof and finishes
4910 wall plates
6121 foundations

8. Programme:Social Housing
People Housing Process
Annual Target:3922
281 houses completed
444 wall plates
435 foundations

9. continued Institutional Housing (Rental ) Target :508
20 blocks are roofed
13 blocks have slabs
27 blocks are at foundation level
1block completed
Each block have 6 or 4 units

10. Programme:Housing Sector Performance and Municipal support
Polokwane Municipality is being accredited as level one
Development of Multi-year Housing Development plan in progress
Establishment of Housing Customer line for reporting fraud and consumer awareness in progress
Limpopo Housing Development Bill-Public hearing are continuing

11. Programme:Housing administration and property management
Housing transfer
Annual target:4770
3718 legal tenants have been profiled and ready for lodgement with deed office
71 deeds of grant already handed to beneficiaries

12. CHALLENGES (Cont.) 3.5 million bricks shortfall per month
Municipal elections
Loading of subsidy quantum
Institutional capacity
Contractors capacity to deliver at scale

13. Interventions New appointment in line with new structure:
6 Senior managers
7 Cuban engineers
Negotiated with DBSA to second project management expert
Further 30 project managers with technical expertise will be appointed
Project Management Unit has been established to assist with management of contractors
Non performing contractors have been profiled and will be restricted
Housing Subsidy Scheme has been linked to Financial system to improve speed in payment of claims
Strategy to deal with blocked projects is in place
Sites audit of developable land is completed for 2007/8 projects
Call of profiles for Geotechnical engineers to conduct geotechnical investigation 2006/7 has been done
Trilateral agreement facility has been created for material suppliers to assist emerging contractors

14. Conclusion
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