Transcript key performance area for the housing division

BRIEFING PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE
HOUSING
Parliament Cape Town 11 June 2003
MMC Clr S.S. Dlamini
SEO Mr N. Pillay
HOUSING CHALLENGES
IMPACT
1.High level of migration to the CTMM
2.Evictions on farms
3.High degree of unemployment
 Housing back log estimated at 130 000
 Land Invasion
 High densities in informal settlements
 Location of informal settlements on dolomite, rail
reserves, private land and environmentally sensitive
areas
 Land mafia’s
4.
Cross Border Issues
 Different standards of development
 Tribal Land (Amakhosi)
 The North West Housing Co-operation
 R239 townships
Urban edge concept
5.
AIDS/HIV
 Rate of people dying – life span of cemeteries
 Impact on housing – household run by children
 Increase of orphanages, etc.
KEY PERFORMANCE AREA FOR THE HOUSING DIVISION
KPA
OBJECTIVES
TARGETS
IDP
1.Land Invasion, Informal
Settlement, Management and
Community Liaison
 Informal Settlement
Management Plan
 Land Invasion
Administration
 Relocations
 Disaster Management
 Council Approved Informal
Management Plan
 Implement the plan
 3000 Families per year
 Relocate Edmond Street
 Relocate Brews, Mooiplaas,
Timsrand and Lazonia
 Infrastructure
 Social
 Economical
2.Waiting List and Subsidy
Administration
 Waiting list
Administration
 Subsidy Administration
 Consumer education
 Set up an effective network
system for data capturing
Capture 25 000 families for the
waiting list per year
Waiting list registration in the
cross border area
Relevant plan for consumer
education
 Social
3.Housing Development and
Provision
Land identification for low
income housing
Planning and township
establishment
Installation of services
Top structure construction
Built Housing Support centers
for the People’s Housing
Process
 Plan 17 000 sites
 Service 10 000 sites
 Build 7 000 houses
 Infrastructure
 Social
 Economical
 Safety and
Security
KEY PERFORMANCE AREA FOR THE HOUSING DIVISION
KPA
OBJECTIVES
TARGETS
IDP
6. Institutional Housing
 Establish and Institutional
Housing Unit
 Budget with Province on new
projects
 Provide support to Housing
Company
 Urban Regeneration
 Inner City Development
 Policy for Institutional
Housing in the CTMM
 Institutional
 Social
 Economical
 Infrastructure
7. Project Management
 Project Administration
 Project Implementation
 People’s Housing Process
 Manage all housing
related projects
 Institutional
 Social
 Economical
8. Rental Administration
Cost recovery programme
Uniform rental lease agreement
Achieve full cost
recovery in 5 years starting
from 2001 - 2006
Institutional and economic
(a) Structural Defects on Housing Units
Q:
A:1
What support has been given to PHP
(i) 5 Regions have been established where PHP are
being built
- Centurion Region
- Mamelodi Region
- Soshanguve Region
- Atteridgeville Region
- Winterveld Region
(ii)
(iii)
The PHP centres will be the main centre with a number of
satellite stations for each project.
Main centre will provide:
- building material for satellite centres
- training on building related skills for satellite centers.
- soft skills:
Project management
Finance & procurement
-hard skills :
brick making
brick laying
plumbing
carpentry and joinery
electrification
A:2.
Other support:
Financial support to build PHP centres
- The building of PHP centres is part of the public
works programme
- Job opportunities are created in the building process
- On completion PHP centres will be donated as
Community centres
(b) Local Authority
Q: Do local authorities as developers have the capacity to manage and to do as required by the
constitution.
A: Yes and No
- Yes in the sense of the Partnership between the CTMM and Gauteng
Department of Housing.
- The added capacity provided by Regional
Planning Teams.
No in the sense that the CTMM Housing Division is still understaffed
The CTMM Aims and objectives is to get accreditation
(c) Rental Housing Stock
Q: Is there any progress towards Rental Housing Stock
A: Yes. December 2001 Council approved cost recovery programe over a
period of 5 years.
(d) Municipalities
Q:
A:
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Do Municipalitis have technical teams to look at quality.
Yes. CTMM works on standards set by Service
Delivery unit.
For top structure CTMM use building inspectors from Council
and Province for quality assurance.
Hostel Redevelopment
Strategy in place seeks to:
Introduce designs that will enhance public spaces and encourage
family living
Provice top up funding to the subsidy for improved minimum family
units.
Make provision for use of emerging contractors, local labour and
public participation
Most of all seeks to provide social integration of communities with a
history of hostile neighbourhood.
Hostel
Total beds per phase
Number of family units
Progress to date
Mamelodi (9000 beds)
Mamelodi Phase 1
100
80
Pending court decision
Saulsville (9008 beds)
Phase 1 (block G H)
Phase 1 (block D,E,F.)
Phase 3 (block L M
996
1004
460
65
152
72
Completed
Completed
In process
Soshanguve (1388 beds)
Phase 1 – block E2, G1,G
Phase 2
516
872
94
154
Completed
Completed
3976
beds converted
617
family units
Converted 3976 beds to
617 family units
Total Improved to date
THANK YOU
NGIYABONGA
DANKIE