1. The HDA’s OBJECTIVES, ASSISTANCE TO THE PROVINCES, CHALLENGES AND SERVICE DELIVERY
28 JUNE 2011

2. What is the HDA?
The HDA is a national public development agency established by an Act of Parliament (Act 23 of 2008).
The HDA promotes sustainable communities by making well-located land and buildings available for the development of housing and human settlements.
As an organ of state, the HDA is accountable through its Board to the Minister of Human Settlements.

3. Objectives of the HDA
The HDA was established to address land acquisition and assembly so as to accelerate housing delivery and human settlement development.
The two main objectives of the Agency are to:
Identify, acquire, hold, develop and release well-located land and buildings for human settlements
Provide project management support and housing development services

4. The HDA’s Mandate
The HDA’s written mandate as per section 25 of the Act has been signed by the Minister of Human Settlements.
The HDA has linked its deliverables/ output to each function as per the Act.
The HDA has ensured that its strategic plan is aligned with Outcome 8 and set targets towards ensuring the ‘creation of sustainable human settlements and improved quality of household life’.

5. Visionary goals and strategic objectives

6. How does the HDA work?
The service provided by the HDA is negotiated with Provinces and Municipalities and expressed through an Implementation Protocol.
The protocols are structured between the HDA and the respective organs of state with a view to ensuring that there is collaboration and alignment for housing development services.
Implementation Protocols outline the:
framework of cooperation,
areas of operational activity (land assembly & project management)
institutional and funding arrangements.
The HDA collaborates with provinces and municipalities, as well as supplementing their capacity

7. HDA programmes Intergovernmental Relations & Strategy Alignment
Secure key IGR relationships between the different spheres of government to facilitate and accelerate the development of human settlements, as well as fostering partnerships with identified sector stakeholders, concluding agreements that allow HDA to function effectively.
Key targets:
Develop and adopt an IGR policy framework
Outreach initiatives to improve appreciation of HDA functions & services
Collaboration agreements negotiated & concluded with key stakeholders
Facilitate alignment of strategies and operation with organs of state
Facilitate HDA’s participation key fiscal and planning process

8. Delivery Agreement for output 3
Signed Implementation Protocols in place:
Limpopo
Free State
Northern Cape
North West (pending signature)
KZN (pending signature)
Western Cape and Eastern Cape (in negotiation)
9 Municipalities (Land Assembly and projects support services)
Council for Geo-Science (agreed on areas of collaboration)
SHRA/ NHFC/ NURCHA/ NHBRC: preliminary negotiation opened

9. HDA Programmes Land Acquisitions and Management
Coordinates the identification of suitable land and landed property and facilitate its acquisition and/or release for human settlements development. Manages acquired property as well as undertake spatial analysis and provide geo-spatial services
Key targets:
hectares of public land identified for acquisition
6 000 hectares of private land identified for development
220 development feasibility assessments
6 000 hectares of public land released for human settlements purposes
9 250 hectares of urban public land released to HDA

10. The signed Delivery Agreement establishes:
Outcome 8: Release of well located public land for low income and affordable housing
Release of hectares of well-located public land for low-income and affordable housing
The signed Delivery Agreement establishes:
Criteria for identification and development of well-located and suitable land
Enhanced Framework for the Release of State Land which proposes a seamless and efficient procedure for the release of state-owned land for human settlements development
Joint Coordinating Committee comprising NDoHS/ DPW/ DRD&LR/ DPE and HDA

11. Land Identification and Release
hectares of state land have been identified and formally requested for release from the custodian departments during the 2010 financial year
hectares of state land are at various release and disposal stages for human settlements development to the Agency and municipalities
hectares of state land have been identified for human settlements development, thus far in the 2011 financial year

12. Public Land Identification: SOE Land
The HDA has subjected Transnet non-core properties to land identification criteria to test suitability
1 591 properties have been identified as suitable for human settlements development
Transnet has been formally approached by the HDA to release 309 properties measuring approximately hectares

13. Public Land Release: Transnet / Servcon Portfolio
The HDA has acquired two Johannesburg inner-city buildings for social housing development (2 476 m2 and m2)
The remainder of the Servcon Property Portfolio measuring approximately hectares will also (subject to National Treasury approval for the discounted purchase price) be transferred to the HDA

14. Land secured

15. HDA programmes Projects and Programmes
Manages projects and programmes aimed at promoting sustainable human settlement development through various capacity and project support services to sector stakeholders.
Key targets:
Provide capacity support in 9 provinces
Provide capacity support in 9 provinces/municipalities to achieve informal settlement upgrading targets
Define blocked project assistance and support framework, and emergency housing and support framework
Provide technical support to 20 targeted projects
Approval of PHDA framework and regulations

16. Project Name
Client
Province
Municipality
Key Role
Cornubia
eThekwini Municipality
KZN
Facilitative role
PM support to project
Northern Cape
NC: DoHS NC
Frances Baard DM
John Taolo Gaetsewe DM
Siyanda DM
Pixley ka Seme DM
Mermaids Precinct
Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality EC
Nelson Mandela Bay
NMBAgency
N2 Gateway
WCDoHS WC
 CoCT
Implementing agent
Joe Slovo Park
Project management services
Zanemvula
ECDoHS

17. Zanemvula: Service delivery
9 974 top structures planned and 3 081completed to date
12 263 serviced sites planned and completed to date
Multi-purpose community centre complete 10 June 2011
N2 Gateway: Service delivery
11,181 top structures planned and 8,646 completed to date
1,521 TRAs planned and 444 completed to date

18. Challenges encountered
Limited planning and coordination with respect to physical and social infrastructure
Misalignment between fiscal arrangements and the mandate of the Agency.
A lack of alignment between provincial human settlements planning and municipalities. This results in human settlements implementation occurring in an uncoordinated and inefficient manner.
In some cases, sector role players view the HDA as a private sector service provider,
Conclusion of IGR Implementation Protocols with Provinces and Municipalities

19. P&P: N2 Gateway Moving beneficiaries into houses in Delft
Erecting TRAs
Completed houses Delft 7-9
Building Joe Slovo

20. P&P: Zanemvula Plans for Soweto-on-Sea multi-purpose community centre
Building houses in Chatty
Rectification of houses at Soweto-on-Sea
Party for pensioners
Building multi-purpose community centre

21. P&P: Cornubia The land The location Development plans
Constructing the bridge
A vision of the future

22. LAM: Identifying land and spatial analysis
The HDA undertakes spatial analysis, to inform land identification
Acquisitions, planning and programming are done in collaboration with PDoHS and municipalities

23. LAM: Land assembly (identification and feasibility)

24. IGR&SA: Intergovernmental relations
Looking at land with municipal official
Signing IP with Eastern Cape
Meeting with Free State after signing IP
Introducing the HDA to municipalities
Signing IP with Western Cape
Introducing the HDA to municipalities

25. Practitioners’ thematic workshops
The HDA has facilitated the following workshops with practitioners:
Developing appropriate risk management and control systems and procedures in housing project planning and implementation workshop
Neighbourhood development workshop
Formalisation of informal settlements workshops
Towards a conceptual framework for emergency housing workshop
HDA/SALGA Municipal Land Assembly Support
Learning visits by eThekwini officials and councillors to the N2 Gateway
SALGA workshop
eThekwini visit to N2 Gateway
Informal settlement workshop

26. Thank you