Human Settlement input- Local Government Week: Building

Sustainable Human Settlements

Director- General: Mr T Zulu

1 AUGUST 2012

CONTENTS

• Purpose• Vision and Mission• Problem statement• Areas for intervention• Policy considerations• Policy enhancements• Legislative & policy review • Governance, fraud and corruption• Institutional arrangements• Recommendations

PURPOSE

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The Purpose of this presentation is to provide the Departmental view on work done to respond to Human Settlement challenges through local Government as points of delivery

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A nation housed in Sustainable human settlements with access to socio – economic infrastructure”

MISSION

“To establish & facilitate a sustainable process that provides equitable access to adequate housing for all within the context of affordability of housing, services, access to social amenities & economic opportunities”

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Problem Statement

Acute shortage of basic services and housing for the poor:

Affordable access to housing for the working class,

Creation of holistic living environments in South Africa

Unprecedented migration into the urban centers and resultant urban growth.

Growth of informal settlements and associated social ill.

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Slum and informality

Western Cape

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Problem Statement

Characterized by low family incomes, Land speculation, and Gaps in the implementation and regulatory

policies, legislation and Gaps in implementation frameworks - forced a

substantial segment of our population to live in inadequate and precarious settlements

Below is a geographical location of these informal settlements;

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Western Cape

Northern Cape

Eastern Cape

Free State

North West

Limpopo

Mpumalanga

KwaZulu-Natal

Gauteng

Informal Settlements: NDHS, 2009

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Areas for intervention

Government will develop appropriate legislation and funding and implementation frameworks to develop and prevent the creation poorly located

Plan for the provision of basic services, sustainable livelihoods

Plan for alternative basic services Provision of rental stock and communal

development models

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Areas for intervention

The allocation of resources: not optimally allocated and results in poor outputs and outcomes

Direct resources to meet human Settlements and national Developmental goals and objectives.

See the reality we are creating as our future:

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CURRENT HOUSING PROJECTS

8072 projects

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Policy considerations

Comprehensive consolidation of the policy developed and undertaken by Government be undertaken to ensure the Department of Human Settlements responds to the development needs and aspirations of the community.

This will take legislative amendment, policy rethink and enhancements

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Policy enhancements

Green Paper on Human Settlements Development – Aimed at the developmental shift from the concept of housing to human settlements.

The drafting, adoption and enactment of a Human Settlements Development Act

Develop a framework for Monitoring and Oversight Planning, Funding and Implementation of National Development Priorities by Provinces and Municipalities

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Policy enhancements

Enhance the national development mandates and priorities to ensure synergy of efforts and plans.

The Department proposes strengthening and tightening conditions for funding

Coordinate government efforts to fight poverty Strengthen the co-ordination, Monitoring and

evaluation regime

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Policy enhancements

Enhance the Legislative Framework for a Consolidated Human Settlements Development Finance Institutions

Plan to investigation of a Human Settlements and Housing Bank so as to promote access to finance

We currently considering finding of a review into the Human Settlement Development Finance institutions

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Policy enhancements

The institutions are the Rural Housing Loan Fund, NURCH and NHFC

They require a refocus to meet the enhanced mandate

Enhance the National Framework for the Management and Administration of Household and Beneficiary Administration- this is due to inaccurate data base

Development of policy for special and vulnerable groups. The Aged, Military veterans, children and orphans. Restoring dignity to our people

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Tokzana Gauteng

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Policy enhancements

Policy on gender mainstreaming: Aimed at addressing inequality and empowerment of women, this will be through Gender mainstreaming

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Legislative and policy review

Review of the Funding and Subsidy Framework and Architecture to Improve Outcomes and Sustainability of Programmes and Projects

Current funding framework has created a measure of dependence by citizen, this in the context of a slow growing economy

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Governance, Fraud and Corruption

Review of the Current Legislative and Regulatory Frameworks to Improve Governance and Eradicate Fraud, Corruption and Maladministration

Evident seepage and leakage of resources from within the current system as a result of fraud, corruption and maladministration.

Review current frameworks for effectiveness of the system

Review White Paper on Sanitation to focus on integrated planning, development and funding

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Afford Sanitation status of a national development priority.

Review of policy, legislation, regulations as well as the roles, responsibilities, functions and obligations of various government and non-government role-players in the planning, funding, implementation and monitoring of the sanitation function.

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Regulatory Impact Assessment of Policy and Legislation in the realization of Sustainable Human Settlements Development with particular reference to the poor and working class

Impact assessment to be mandatory against set targets and objectives

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Institutional arrangements

To this end, and aimed at realizing SERVICE DELIVERY, the Turn-Around Strategy has been completed.

- The strategy is delivery focused- Re-oriented the Department to follow the money- Designed the Department to assess, monitor products

and adherence to: (i) Project planning and compliances (ii) Project funding, fund mobilization, delivery and impact(iii) Project delivery and synergy of services(iv) Facilitation and management of Public-Private

partnerships and,(v) Sustainability of settlements(vi) Capacity building for delivery and management of

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Duplex

Gauteng

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Emerald Sky

Eastern Cape

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Social Housing

Western Cape

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Secret 28Human Settlements Dept.

ENVIRONMENTALSPACE

SOCIALAMENITIES

BULKSERVICES

INTERNALSERVICES

LAND

HOUSES

Integrated Human Settlements

COMMERCIAL&BUSINESS

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JABULANI AFTER

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JABULANI AFTER

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Inescapable Reality We provide tangible social and economic

infrastructure - Provide resources for market or customer

attraction and mobilization;- Provide bulk infrastructure that require

management and maintenance, thus creating jobs;

- Increase municipal tax and revenue base;- Create room to attract future investment.

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CONCLUSION

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Future housing needs be done with due consideration to active participation by communities in the planning and implementation of programmes and projects.

Special attention must be given to the development and promotion of the community led initiatives including Co-Operative Human Settlement and Housing Development Model

Current subsidy framework is not sustainable under the economic and fiscal regime

Thank You

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