PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT WESTERN CAPE - SO 6: Developing Integrated and Sustainable Human Settlements MBULELO TSHANGANA 13 October 2010

PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT
       WESTERN CAPE

SO 6: Developing Integrated and
 Sustainable Human Settlements

        13 October 2010
      MBULELO TSHANGANA

CONTENT
•   INTRODUCTION
•   PROBLEM STATEMENT
•   OUTCOME
•   PLANS TO ACHIEVE OUTCOME 1
•   PLANS TO ACHIEVE OUTCOME 2
•   PLANS TO ACHIEVE OUTCOME 3
•   TARGETS OUTCOME 1
•   TARGETS OUTCOME 2
•   TARGETS OUTCOME 3

INTRODUCTION
• WC Provincial Government’s vision of an
  opportunity society for all includes the
  development of integrated and sustainable
  human settlements.

• A key goal is to accelerate the provision of
  housing opportunities, by prioritising in-situ
  upgrading of informal settlements and the
  provision of serviced sites.

• The common denominator in all housing
  opportunities is security of tenure and unhindered
  access to basic services

PROBLEM STATEMENT
1.   Demand far exceeds supply;

2.   Well-located land is in short supply;

3.   Capacity of Municipal Bulk infrastructure

4.   The Gap Market is not performing;

5.   Beneficiaries renting out or selling their state-
     funded houses;

6.   Backlog in transferring title deeds to beneficiaries;

PROBLEM STATEMENT cont
7.   Collection rates of rentals in state-subsidised rental
     units are low;

8.   Inconsistency and opacity of the beneficiary
     selection process;

9.   Lack of attention given to sustainability and
     energy efficiency in the development of human
     settlements; and

10. Inadequate co-ordination among the different
    spheres  of   government,   and   provincial
    government departments.

OUTCOMES
    Plans to address the identified problems and
    constraints summarised by three broad outcomes:

•   Outcome 1 : Accelerated delivery of housing
    opportunities;

•   Outcome 2 : A sense of ownership, rights and
    responsibilities amongst beneficiaries, owners and
    tenants; and

•   Outcome 3: Optimal and sustainable use of
    resources.

PLANS TO ACHIEVE OUTCOME 1

1.1 Upscale provision of serviced sites
•   In situ upgrading of informal settlements and
    increased percentage of human settlement
    grant spent on servicing sites for informal
    settlement and backyard dwellers.

1.2 Reduce bulk infrastructure as a constraint to
    human settlement development
•   Interact with national departments to align MIG
    and other related grants with Human Settlement
    Planning.

PLANS TO ACHIEVE OUTCOME 1
1.3 Acquiring well-located land for well-planned
    Integrated Human Settlements
•   Engage with National departments and state-
    owned enterprises to make well-located land
    available.
•   Strengthen support to municipalities.

1.4 Provide a fair allocation of housing opportunities
•   Develop a municipal housing demand database
    support programme.
•   Develop standardised, transparent and fair policy
    and process guidelines with minimum criteria.
•   Improve communication between government
    (local and provincial) and communities.

PLANS TO ACHIEVE OUTCOME 1

1.5 Introduce a coordinated approach to human
    settlement planning and development through
    effective IDP/ Human Settlement Planning
•   Municipalities’ Integrated Development Plans
    (and, in particular, the Human Settlement Plan
    chapter) to be used as a basis.
•   Set up a multi-sectoral planning forum to assess
    HSPs and other sector plans
•   Strengthen support to municipalities

PLANS TO ACHIEVE OUTCOME 2

2.1 Empower beneficiaries in respect of their rights
    and responsibilities of home ownership and rental
•   Expand the consumer education programme for
    municipalities, as well as undertaking community
    outreach initiatives.

2.2 Increase beneficiary involvement in
    development of housing opportunities
•   Improve stakeholder engagement.
•   Address the legislative, policy, institutional and
    resource weaknesses of the “People’s Housing
    Process” programme.
•   Increase the proportion of state-funded houses
    built under this programme.

PLANS TO ACHIEVE OUTCOME 2

2.3 To promote security of tenure through effecting
    transfer to beneficiaries
•   Increase the rate at which properties are
    transferred and title deeds handed over.
•   Quantify and analyse the backlog in the transfer
    of title of properties in past housing projects and
    develop a plan to eliminate this backlog.

PLANS TO ACHIEVE OUTCOME 3

3.1 Increase sustainable resource use by exploring
    alternative technologies and building
    methodologies
•   Encourage the use of sustainable resource use in
    order to achieve the most energy- and cost-
    effective development.

3.2 Increasing densities of new housing
    developments on well located land
•   Develop clear guidelines with minimum densities
    which have to be met by municipalities.
•   Standards will be customised to suit the
    circumstances of different municipalities and
    different areas within municipalities.

PLANS TO ACHIEVE OUTCOME 3
3.3 Provision of affordable housing opportunities (GAP
    Housing)
•   Encourage the implementation of a state-backed
    finance scheme.
•   Encourage the development of inclusionary
    housing and mixed use developments.
•   Seek to raise non-state funding to increase the
    supply of rental stock.

3.4 Enhance supply of new rental housing
    opportunities and encourage improved Property
    management of rental stock
•   Implement a new Community Residential Unit
    process.
•   Work with external partners to improve collection
    rates and maintenance of own properties.

TARGETS: OUTCOME 1

Policy priority Performance          2010/11   2011/12   2012/13   2013/14   2014/15
area            indicator
Accelerated      No. of serviced     18 000    26 000    30 000    30 000    31 000
delivery of      sites provided
housing          p.a.
opportunities
                 Total No. of sites serviced by 2014/15: 135 000
                 No. of              2         4         3         0         0
                 Restructuring
                 Zones identified
                 and extended
                 No. of Private      4         4         6         8         10
                 Sector/Develop
                 ment Institutions
                 participating in
                 housing delivery

TARGETS: OUTCOME 1 cont.
Policy          Performance          2010/11 2011/12   2012/13   2013/14   2014/15
priority area      Indicator

Fair            No. of municipalities 0      5         15        20        25
allocation of   with an accurate,
housing         up-to-date housing
opportunities   demand database
                that is synchronised
                with central Housing
                Subsidy System

                No. of municipalities 0      5         15        20        25
                which comply with
                standardised
                selection    criteria
                and process

TARGETS: OUTCOME 1 cont.
Policy        Performance        2010/11   2011/12 2012/13   2013/14   2014/15
priority area    Indicator

A co-         No. of              9        12      15        20        25
ordinated     municipalities with
approach to   credible Human
human         Settlement Plans
settlement    No. of              1        0       3         0         2
development   municipalities with
              level 1
              accreditation
              No. of              1        0       1         0         2
              municipalities with
              level 2
              accreditation
              No. of              0        0       1         0         1
              municipalities with
              level 3
              accreditation

TARGETS: OUTCOME 2
Policy          Performance          2010/11   2011/12   2012/13   2013/14   2014/15
priority area   Indicator

Inculcate a     Departmental         15 %      17 %      25 %      40 %      45%
sense of        Rental Collection
ownership       Rate
                Proportion of        25 %      35 %      40 %      45 %      50%
                houses built
                under self-help
                “People’s
                Housing Process”
                programme
                Percentage           0         15        25        30        30
                reduction of title
                deeds backlog

TARGETS: OUTCOME 3
Policy priority   Performance         2010/11       2011/12   2012/13   2013/14   2014/15
area              Indicator

Optimal use of    Mean       gross    35 units/ha   40 u/ha   45 u/ha   50 u/ha   50 u/ha
resources         density of new
                  human
                  settlement
                  projects in land
                  scarce
                  municipalities
                  %      of    new    40%           50%       70%       80%       90%
                  projects     that
                  meets         the
                  Integration and
                  sustainability
                  criterion
                  Percentage of       10 %          15 %      25 %      30 %      40%
                  units built using
                  energy efficient
                  method/
                  materials/
                  technologies

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http://www.capegateway.gov.za/eng/
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