1. Provincial Budgets and Expenditure as at 31 March 2008: Housing and Local Government 2007/08 Financial Year
NCOP
20 May 2008

2. Housing and Local Government (1)
Adjusted budget of R12.6bn or 5.8% of total provincial adjusted budgets
Spending at R12bn or 95.2% against adjusted budget
Preliminary underspending of R636.2m in 8 provinces
Increase of R2.2bn or 22.3% compared to the previous year
Low rate of spending in EC (85.8%) and FS (87.2%)
GP (100.9%) and NC (99%) reflects the highest rate of spending
Housing conditional grant spending at R8.2bn or 95.6% (including provincial roll-overs)
Preliminary underspending of R445.2m in 7 provinces
In compliance with section 26 of the 2007 Division of Revenue Act (Act No. 1 of 2007), the national Department of Housing stopped the transfer of funds following slow spending on the part of the EC (R500 m) and the FS (R100 m).
In compliance with section 27 of the 2007 Division of Revenue Act (Act No. 1 of 2007), the national Department of Housing re-allocated funds between provinces following demonstrated capacity to spend in GP (R350 m) and NC (R100m)

3. Housing and Local Government (2)
Housing and Local Government Personnel spending is at R1.6bn or 94.5% (R1.7bn adjusted budget)
all provinces underspent on their personnel adjusted budgets
Preliminary underspending of R95.1m
Capital spending at R141.2m or 56.4%
Decrease of 13.9% of R22.9m compared to audited spending last year
Low rate of capital spending in FS (30.2%) and MP (32.8%)
GP (100.0%) and WC (97.0%) reflects the highest rate of capital spending in Housing and Local Government
NPNC spending at R10.2bn or 96.2% of R10.6bn adjusted budget
Preliminary underspending of R488m in 7 provinces
(EC – R151m, NW – R93m,FS – R85m,WC – R80.5m)

4. Housing and Local Government (3)

5. Housing and Local Government : Personnel

6. Housing and Local Government : Capital

7. Housing and Local Government : NPNC

8. Housing Grants Integrated Housing and Human Settlement Development Grant
Objective (Schedule 5 Grant):
To finance the implementation of National Housing programmes
To facilitate the establishment of habitable, stable and sustainable human settlements in which all citizens will have access to selected social and economic amenities
Progressive eradication of informal settlements on a phased basis through formalization of informal settlements by 2014
4th Quarter year to date expenditure:
Housing spent R8.2bn or 95.6% of the R8.6bn adjusted allocation (including provincial roll-overs)
Transfers received amounted to 99.5% of national allocation
Funds withheld from EC (R500m) and FS (R100m)
Funds re-allocated between GP (R350m) and NC (R100m)
Highest spending: GP (102.6%) and both KZN and NC (100%)
Lowest spending: EC (70.8%) and FS (85.7%)
Service Delivery Outcome:
Department / Sector to respond

9. Housing Conditional Grant

10. Housing Conditional Grant

11. Integrated Housing and Human Settlement Development Grant

12. Integrated Housing and Human Settlement Development Grant