1. Presentation to the Human Settlement Portfolio Committee Cape Town, 12th June 2009

2. MANDATE
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) has been established to facilitate and expedite the development of large scale integrated, sustainable human settlements with all required socio-economic physical infrastructure.

3. METHODOLOGY The HDA will achieve its mandate by:
The HDA will achieve its mandate by:
Ensuring the Availability of Land
Effectively Structuring Projects
Ensuring Appropriate Government Funding Flows
Promoting an appropriate policy and regulatory
framework

4. LAND
HDA will ensure the availability of land for developments through:
The establishment of an intergovernmental land
inventory and information management system for
human settlement planning and development
Acquiring, and/or facilitating the acquisition and release
of strategically situated land and buildings for
development
Supervising and monitoring the development of land

5. PROJECT MANAGEMENT
HDA will facilitate the effective structuring of projects and oversee their implementation through:
Facilitation of the required capacity, technical skills and expertise at
provincial and local government spheres in order to plan and
implement such projects/programmes
Coordination of land release, planning and funding for acceleration of
the development of large scale human settlement developments
and/or programmes
Facilitation of the planning process to ensure proclamation of land for
integrated human settlement

6. FUNDING Land and building acquisition
HDA will attempt to ensure appropriate government funding flows and subsidies for:
Land and building acquisition
Planning and proclamation process
Bulk and internal infrastructure development
Social infrastructure development
Top structures

7. POLICY AND REGULATION
HDA will promote an appropriate policy and regulatory framework which will encourage and enable the planning and implementation of large scale, sustainable human settlement developments through cooperative inter-governmental arrangements and the active participation of the private sector. 7

8. THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS September 2008: Act promulgated
September 2008: Project team to drive establishment appointed with both departmental and external members
March 2009: Official Launch
Four pilot projects announced covering a potential 100,00 Units with a total investment of approximately R7 billion
CEO appointed and commences part time employment
Intergovernmental Protocols negotiated with KZN/ Ethekwini; Northern Cape Province; Limpopo Province and Lephalale Local Authority; Gauteng and City of Johannesburg
Agreement to transfer land and buildings from Servcon to HDA. Four buildings will be transferred to Johannesburg Housing Company

9. THE FIRST HUNDRED DAYS CONT:
March 2009: Treasury approves HDA as a section 3A public entity
April 2009: 10 member Board gazetted
CFO commences full time employment; bank accounts opened; NDoHS transfers first tranche of operational funding; R972 million Capital Funding for pilot projects approved to provinces; Land Sale Agreement concluded with Western Cape Department of Public Works and Land Availability Agreement concluded with Western Cape Department of Local Government and Housing
May 2009: CEO commences full time employment
June 2009: General Managers for Intergovernmental Relations and for Projects and Programmes commence full time employment; Discussions commence on arrangements for take over of the N2 Gateway and Zanemvula Projects from Thubelisha Homes as of 1st August 2009. 9

10. LAND ACQUISITION
HDA currently has rights to 161 parcels of land totalling approximately 5000 hectares. The land is subject to an audit, valuation and feasibility study.

11. OPERATIONAL GRANT SUMMARISED INCOME STATEMENT: 2009/2010 – 2011/2012
Description
March 2010 R
March 2011
Revenue
Grants: National Government
Interest Income
Expenditure
Planning & Liaison
Project Management
Office Costs
Salaries & Emoluments
NET (SURPLUS)/DEFICIT
0.00

12. ISSUES Acquisition of State Owned Land Market Value vs Historic Cost
Coordination with other state departments, especially around bulk servicing
Funding Flows
Creation of Priority Development Areas

13. Thank You