1. HIV, AIDS and Housing Workshop June 2006 SOHCO

2. Sohco  Introduction to Sohco, which is a start up social housing company operating in several South Africa cities  HIV and AIDS Action Plan  Objectives  Format  Outcomes  Actions Introduction

3. Introduction to Sohco  Sohco’s business is to provide quality, affordable residential accommodation through tenure options other than immediate sale (rent and rent-to-buy)  We currently provide housing options for an income range of between predominantly R 3000 and R 7500 per month  Sohco is a Section 21 company (non profit) Introduction

4. Introduction to Sohco  2 Year Overview  East London 598 units - existing  Durban 670 units- 2006 construction  Cape Town 675 units- 2007 construction  Property Management Capacity EL, DBN, CT Introduction

5. Introduction to Sohco  Property Management Targets  2% vacancy  2% bad debt Introduction to Sohco

6. East London: Amalinda  Phase 1 : 408 units completed – 2003  Phase 2: 190 units completed – 2005  Property Management capacity East London : Amalinda

7.  Current Status: East London  598 units complete and occupied  4 years of operation  Good level of payment  Staff in place and running effectively  Relationship building with tenants  Deliberate mixture of installment sale and rental  Demographic mix  Mixed income  55% < R3,500  35% R3,500 – R 7,500  10%> R7500 East London: Amalinda

8. Durban Development Durban Developments HillaryUmkhumbaan Lindar House

9. Cape Town Development Cape Town: Developments Steenberg Architects model of Dillon Lane project Bo Kaap site

10. Social Sustainability  Social programmes/initiatives  Fund raising  Bottom line impact  Social mandate Social Sustainability

11.  Projects 2006 / 2007  Investigate establishing preschools in projects  Homework clubs / aftercare  HIV and AIDS awareness activities  Recreational facilities and landscaping  Investigate broadband internet access in projects  Explore greening future buildings Social Sustainability

12. HIV and AIDS Action Plan  Consider the impact of HIV and AIDS on our business  Identify what we currently do which has a positive impact  Make decisions about how else we should respond to HIV and AIDS  Raise awareness and understanding levels within our team. Objectives

13. Format  Team Workshop  HIV and AIDS basics  Action planning  Some financial analysis of how ‘robust’ Sohco is as a business in the context of HIV and AIDS  Synthesis into an action plan for Sohco Format

14. HIV and AIDS Basics  Information which was new to some people in the group included:  Average time from HIV infection to the onset of AIDS is 10 years  Partners can re-infect each other with different strains of HIV and materially shorten their lives  Impact of alcohol on HIV transmission risk  Wide range of infection rates in different regions in SA Outcomes

15. Profiling  How do we know what we are dealing with as peoples HIV status is confidential ? Outcomes

16. Profiling Provincial Variations KZN22% EC15,5% WC3,2% Settlement Type Variation URBAN FORMAL9% URBAN INFORMAL18% MOBILITY Relatively stable Outcomes SOCIAL ASSETS AND NETWORKS Good Access to Health Services Environmental Health Age and Gender HIV Prevalence (15-24 year olds) Male4.4% Female17%

17. Profiling  Finding out exact profile not efficient exercise for value add  Different regions and sites have a completely different risk profile  Exercise gives us a sense of positive behavior to reinforce  Different risk factors require different responses e.g. information targeted at 14 year old boys will be different from information targeted at single moms Outcomes

18. Areas of Vulnerability  HIV and AIDS are systemic and have effects broader than the person infected.  Income and expenditure effects and reprioritisation  Succession impacts  Supply system impacts (service provider and new developments)  This effects Sohco through impacts on our tenants and our staff  Analysis of intrinsic vulnerabilities  Strengths  Specific vulnerabilities to HIV and AIDS and how this impacts Sohco Outcomes

19. Responses  Avoiding impact by minimising the risk profile of customers  Avoiding impact by protecting affordability  Mitigating non-payment through credit control  Considering bad debt provisions  Managing succession  Protecting Sohco from supply side impacts Actions

20. Responses  Easy to implement immediately  Condoms  Gloves on site  Next of kin information Actions

21. Responses  Short to Medium term  Succession policy- tenants  Broaden out supplier base  Succession planning – staff Actions

22. Responses  Medium to Longer term  Primary Health Care Mobile Clinic site  Build relationships with other service providers  Continue and increase activities which add value for tenants and increase stability Actions

23. Conclusion  It is possible to build up a risk profile which will vary regionally  Sohco as a small business must integrate HIV and AIDS programmes with core business or initiatives won’t happen  Most effective thing we can do is maintain and enhance service we provide to build social stability (improve our core business)