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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Housing Development Agency & NHBRC & CSOS & EAAB Annual Performance Plan
19 Apr 2018
Four entities in the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) presented their 2018/19 Annual Performance Plans (APPs) to the Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements. The four entities that presented their reports were the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC), Community Schemes Ombud Services (CSOS), Estate Agency Affairs Board (EAAB) and the ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements Annual Performance Plan: Auditor General input & DHS response
17 Apr 2018
The Auditor-General of South Africa (AGSA) and the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) briefed the Committee on the Department’s annual performance plans for the 2018/19 period.
The DHS reported that its budget had been reduced by R3 billion from its original allocation, and now stood at R32 billion. It indicated ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Urban Settlements Development Grant: City of Cape Town & Ethekwini; Western Cape & KZN Departments; with Minister & Deputy Minister
6 Mar 2018
The Western Cape provincial Department of Human Settlements (DHS) reported that there had been major alignment problems between itself and the City of Cape Town, which had affected the implementation of Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG) projects. The national DHS commented that they had hoped the Western Cape department would ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Economic and Social Rights 2016/17 SAHRC Report
28 Nov 2017
The Committee welcomed the offer by the South African Human Rights Commission to assist the Committee in understanding the issues around special needs housing as that was one of the urgent policy needs that had to be dealt with by the Committee.
The South African Human Rights Commission briefed the ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements Quarter 2 performance; North West recovery plan
14 Nov 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) on its second quarter performance report (July – September) 2017, and by the North West provincial Department of Human Settlements on its recovery plan.
The DHS said that supporting the annual performance plan was an operational plan which detailed ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Human Settlements delivery and performance challenges in Gauteng & Limpopo
7 Nov 2017
The Gauteng and Limpopo Departments of Human Settlements were called to report on progress in dealing with the challenges in providing housing in their provinces, as the Portfolio Committee had not been satisfied with the situation indicated in their quarterly performance reports.
The reception of the Gauteng presentation was generally ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
NHBRC, DHS, RHLF, NURCHA + NHFC 2016/17 Annual Report, with FFC input
4 Oct 2017
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS), the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC), the Rural Housing Loan Fund (RHLF), the National Urban Reconstruction and Housing Agency (NURCHA), and the National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC) briefed the Committee on their achievements during the 2016/2017 financial year. The meeting ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements; Free State; Eastern Cape Business Plans
20 Jun 2017
The overall budget for the Free State province stood at R1, 24 billion. Total Sites 6 848, Units 5 395 and Title Deeds Backlog 36 919. The budget for OPSCAP is R59 192 560 million, Land Acquisition R5.5million, Accreditation R2 million and National Homebuilders Registration Council (Geo Tech) R6 162 ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements, Gauteng Province & North West Province on their Business Plans
13 Jun 2017
The North West Province presented the summary of the province’s annual business plan. In total the province budgeted for 5 244 sites, 12 618 units and intended to create 17 862 housing opportunities for the current financial year. The Summary of Planned Targets for the financial years was also given. ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements on its Quarter 4 performance; Catalytic Projects progress report
23 May 2017
The Department of Human Settlements presented their performance report for the fourth quarter (January –March 2017), providing details of under-performance against targets, such as not reaching the delivery of the planned number of outstanding title deeds. Provincial steering committees for the upgrading of informal settlements were now activated in all ...