Deputy Speaker and hon member Mokgalapa, the department has commissioned the assessment study with KwaZulu-Natal and the Eastern Cape as a pilot project. Plans are ahead to extend the study to other provinces. This will provide the department with sufficient information on the extent of the problem and cost implications as a portion of the GDP.
The National Home Builders Registration Council, NHBRC, was established in terms of the Housing Consumers Protection Measures Act, Act 95 of 1998, and its reason of existence and authority remains valid and necessary in the fast-growing human settlement sector. Thank you.