comprehensive plan for the creation of sustainable human settlements 2004
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COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE CREATION OF SUSTAINABLE
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS2004
“BREAKING NEW GROUND IN HOUSING DELIVERY”
PURPOSE
To indicate the shifts in housing policy embodied in the Comprehensive Plan for the Creation of Sustainable Human Settlement and review progress with implementation
OUTLINE
1. Ten year review of the housing programme (1994 to 2004) – achievements and challenges
2. Outcomes of an extensive consultation process
3. The Goals of the Comprehensive Plan
4. The various interventions contained in the Plan including progress made
The 2004 Review of ten years of the Housing Programme
Achievements 1994 to 2004:– Reformed the pre-1994 State housing
programme and the institutional architecture
– Delivered 1,6 million housing opportunities– Affected the lives of some 6 million people– Invested R 29,5 billion in the country– Culminated in a sophisticated delivery
system, addressing a range of needs
The 2004 Review of ten years of the Housing Programme
Unintended consequences and challenges:
– Peripheral development of low cost housing continued Apartheid settlement patterns
– Poor quality products and settlements lacking social and economic infrastructure
– Inadequate community participation– Secondary housing market under
developed in low cost areas
The 2004 Review of ten years of the Housing Programme
Unintended consequences and challenges:
– Corruption and mal-administration– Slowdown in delivery– Under spending of housing budgets– Limited and decreasing private sector
participation– Increasing backlog owing to new
household formation and migration pressures
– Growing informal settlements
Challenges in the housing environment 2004
• Population growth at 2,1%• 30% increase in the number of households• 1,8 million households inadequately housed• High urbanisation rate - 2,7% pa• Increasing structural unemployment and
informality • More households falling in subsidy income
band• Increasing social and geographical
disparities• Slow rate of delivery
Challenges in the housing environment 2004
• Policy changes (savings requirement) slowed down delivery
• Ineffective monitoring and oversight systems
• Uneven application of policies
• Dominance of the capital subsidy
• Delivery capacity constraints
Government priorities for 2004 to 2009
1. Rooting out corruption & maladministration
2. Fast tracking delivery3. Capacity building to deliver at scale4. Mitigating social crime5. Diversification of the housing
programme-densification of residential areas
Outcomes of a comprehensive consultation process
•Policy principles in the Housing White Paper,1994 continue to underpin the programme.•Need to shift to a demand driven approach.•Emphasis on quality of the product and the living environment.•Need to strengthen the contract with civil society.•Need to maximise the “spin offs” (multiplier effects) of the programme
The Comprehensive Plan
Goal: “Human settlements which are economically, socially and
environmentally sustainable”
(Plan approved by Cabinet 1 September 2004)
Towards defining sustainable human settlement
Sustainable human settlement are:
“Well governed settlements, in which growth and social development are in balance with the carrying capacity of the natural systems on which they depend for their existence and result in sustainable development, wealth creation, poverty alleviation and equity.”
The Comprehensive Plan, 2004
Focus areas:1. Creating quality living environments
2. Needs oriented approach
3. Building a non-racial, integrated society
4. Unblocking delivery constraints
5. Building capacity
6. Rooting out corruption and mal-administration
The interventions
1. CREATING QUALITY LIVING ENVIRONMENTS
The informal settlement upgrading programme – main area of focus for 2014 target
Programme to provide social and economic amenities in new residential developments
Alternative housing technologies – Eric Molobi hub
Environmentally efficient housing guide-lines Variation of the subsidy to cater for disabilities
and special development conditions
The interventions
2. A NEEDS ORIENTED APPROACH
Social Housing Programme – access to rental housing Rental housing programme – Community Residential
Programme (CRU) – affordable rental housing Enhanced People’s Housing Process (PHP) Promote densification and urban efficiency – Social housing
in demarcated urban zones – urban renewal Farm worker housing programme Diversify tenure options – rental programme Emphasis on community participation in planning and
implementation Emergency housing programme
The interventions
3. BUILDING AN INTEGRATED NON-RACIAL SOCIETY
Integrated residential development programme – range of income groups and facilities in single project – linked to inclusionary housing
Housing land policy – acquiring well located land for residential development through the housing grant
Housing chapters in municipal Integrated Development Plans (IDPs) inclusive consultation
Densification of residential areas – Social housing in demarcated urban zones aimed at urban renewal
The interventions4. UNBLOCKING DELIVERY CONSTRAINTS
Enhanced access to housing finance – Finance Linked Housing Subsidy Programme (FLISP).
Funding to facilitate project development and implementation (OPSCAPS).
Project implementation support teams (Eastern Cape initiative).
Streamlined and flexible progress payments system Social Contract with key stakeholders Municipal accreditation
The interventions5. CAPACITY BUILDING
Training and education – consumer education - a re ageng Mzansi and other community information programmes
Job creation – Expanded Public Works Programme, People’s Housing Process
Emerging contractor support (NURCHA and NHBRC) Housing Development Agency (HDA) to support
provinces and municipalities – land and implementation
Research Unit Human Settlement Policy Support Directorate
International cooperation Provincial housing policy development model
The interventions
6. ROOTING OUT CORRUPTION AND MAL- ADMINISTRATION
Investigative unit established and operational - linked to Special Investigation Unit (SIU)
Upgrading of the Housing Subsidy System and Housing Demand Database
National Monitoring and Evaluation Unit
Legislation
Social Housing Act, 2008 Amended Rental Housing Act,2008 Home Loan and Consumers Protection Measures Act -
Regulations, 2007 Review of provincial legislation and implementation of
national housing legislation Housing Development Agency Act, 2008
Amendments to Housing Act, 1997 Amendments to Prevention of Illegal Eviction and
Occupation of Land Act – Department of Land Affair – Task Team
Inclusionary Housing Bill Sectional Titles Bill – Transfer governance issues to NDOH
Research
Research agenda Beneficiary needs (backlog) and define
adequate housing Research unintended consequences of policy Research sustainability of housing interventions Build a research network Review the implementation of the
Comprehensive Plan Research into better alignment of decision-
making Research traditional housing enhancement –
Working with Dept Science and Technology
Communication
Comprehensive communication strategy
Comprehensive targeted consumer education programme
Work in progress
Inclusionary Housing Programme and legislation
Housing Demand Database and HSS upgrade on-going
Appropriate institutional architecture – roles responsibilities and mandates
Review of FLISP Ongoing Research Legislation
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