The objective of the oversight visit was to receive briefings from the MEC and the Provincial Department of Human Settlements on the findings and recommendations made by the Committee after conducting an oversight visit in 2009 in relation to the Eastern Cape human settlements projects. The Committee was briefed on the following issues: Progress on the recommendations made by the Committee during 2009 oversight visit; Implementation of a comprehensive integrated human settlements strategy in the province; Performance in meeting service delivery targets set for 2010/11 and challenges encountered and whether there has been value for money; The role played by the public and private sectors in service delivery; Plans, programmes and progress in the implementation of rural sanitation; Plans, programmes and service delivery targets for 2011/12; Progress report in support of the disaster-affected communities; Blocked projects and plans to unblock them; Progress in the implementation of the Urban Settlements Development Grant (USDG); Status on audit of poorly constructed houses and cost implications for rectification of such houses; The number of informal settlements, the plan and the progress in upgrading such settlements, including community residential units (CRUs); Progress in the implementation of Farm Worker Assistance Programme; The coordination and management of the beneficiary list and the incorporation of backyard dwellers into the provincial housing database; The use of alternative technologies in the construction of houses.