GROUP 1 HOUSING

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GROUP 1 - HOUSING

• Housing Team

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Challenge

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• MEASURES TO MAXIMISE THE POTENTIAL OF
  INFRASTRUCTURE AND HOUSING PROJECTS TO PROMOTE
  SOCIAL EQUITY AND INTEGRATION

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RECOMMENDATIONS

• Improve Infrastructure In The Townships
• Partnerships Between The Community, Local And
  Provincial Government To Be Promoted
• Utilise Land Closest To Town A Relook At
  Spatial Development
• Utilise Infill Areas i.e. Vacant Land Closest To
  The CBD To Integrate Low/ Middle Income Housing

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Recommendations cont

• Community Choice Should Be The Guiding Factor- To
  Be Linked To Affordability
• Mobilization/ Promotion Of Savings Schemes Among
  Community For Contribution To Their Own Housing
  Development
• Municipalities To Identify And Acquire Land For
  Development Upfront
• Township Establishment Process Be Done Upfront

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Recommendations cont

• More Emphasis Should Be Put On Providing Quality
  Housing
•  Project Steering Committees To Be Actively
  Involved And Their Roles Be Clarified
• Develop Empowerment Programmes For Communities
• Development Of Smaller Self Sustaining
  Settlements Around The CBD
• Promotion Of Rental Housing

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LOCATION AND DESIGN OF HOUSING SCHEMES 

• Importance of providing choices critical Show
  houses
• Involvement of community based partners crucial
• Empowerment of communities on their rights and
  responsibilities in their own development

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ACCESSIBILITY TO HOUSING FINANCE

• RECOMMENDATIONS
• Promotion of Community Savings Schemes
• Promote access to Housing Finance (Regularization
  of the Micro enterprise market) 

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HOUSING IN THE CONTEXT OF AGENDA 21

• CHALLENGE 
• Housing Should lead to better living conditions
• Environmentally sustainable Housing

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Recommendations

• Promotion of the integrated approach to housing
  development partnerships with relevant
  departments to make an impact on development e.g.
  Health, Education,

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HOUSING AND COMMUNITY HEALTH ASSOCIATED COSTS

• Avoid Overcrowding
• Promote environmentally sound factors- e.g in
  choosing appropriate Sanitation,

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RESALE OF SUBSIDISED OR FREE PROVISION HOUSING

• Problem area
• Communities selling their properties at very low
  prices and rejoining the queue

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Recommendations

• Empowerment of Communities crucial development
  of Public Awareness programs with the
  involvement of / partnership with NGOs
• Housing Act amendment with inclusion of
  pre-emptive clause prohibiting the premature sale
  of subsidized housing- in process
• Also linked to affordability Education on the
  indigent policy promoted

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THE GOVERNMENTS RESPONSIBILITY TO DELIVER LOW
COST HOUSING
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Recommendations

• Ensure the availability of funding
• Determination of needs for low cost housing
  including rural areas
• Ensure adherence to set standards Monitoring
  role
• Promote integration of communities
• Capacity building

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THE IMPACT OF HOUSING ON LOCAL ECONOMIC
DEVELOPMENT
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Recommendations

• Promotion of SMMEs Consider promotion of
  partnerships between emerging and established
  Contractors and developers
• Use of the Peoples Housing Process
• Promote and monitor Job creation, skills
  development in housing projects. Ensure diversity
  of skills development.
• Community maintenance committees to be established

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IMPACT OF HIV/ AIDS ON HOUSING

• Child Headed households Aids orphans

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Recommendations

• Ensure development of Counselling centres in
  partnership with relevant stakeholders
• Promote development of counseling peer groups
• Provision of housing subsidies for children who
  are heads of households. provision of
  appropriate housing for aids orphans partnership
  with the departments of Health and Welfare for
  the allocation of caregivers

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HOUSING IN RURAL AREAS

• Recommendations
• Promotion of the Rural Housing Policy
• Analysis of the pertinent needs of rural
  communities- (needs analysis)