The department of performance monitoring and evaluation in the Presidency has warned parliament’s human settlements portfolio committee that the Human Settlements Department is making slow progress in getting water, electricity, sanitation and refuse removal to all homes in South Africa by 2014.
Performance monitoring and evaluation director-general Sean Phillips told the committee on Thursday that the government’s aim of providing 80,000 well-located rental units by 2014 was also proceeding slower than targeted.
The government’s plan to set up a mortgage insurance guarantee for 215,000 home loans was found to be substantially behind its target date for completion or facing an impediment which would require urgent intervention by minister Tokyo Sexwale or the cabinet, he said.
“Banks still have to agree that they will use the programme to address the affordable housing finance challenges,” said Phillips.
While the government aimed to release 6,250 hectares of state-owned land for housing development, this was also proceeding slower than planned, said Phillips.
“There is concern that Public Works and other public land holding agencies are not prioritising the processing of land identified with the Housing Development Agency quickly enough,” he said.
However, Sexwale’s department is on track to finish upgrading 400,000 homes in informal settlements by 2014. It is also on track with its plan to arrange finance for almost 7,000 affordable homes.
- Timeslive
Performance monitoring and evaluation director-general Sean Phillips told the committee on Thursday that the government’s aim of providing 80,000 well-located rental units by 2014 was also proceeding slower than targeted.
The government’s plan to set up a mortgage insurance guarantee for 215,000 home loans was found to be substantially behind its target date for completion or facing an impediment which would require urgent intervention by minister Tokyo Sexwale or the cabinet, he said.
“Banks still have to agree that they will use the programme to address the affordable housing finance challenges,” said Phillips.
While the government aimed to release 6,250 hectares of state-owned land for housing development, this was also proceeding slower than planned, said Phillips.
“There is concern that Public Works and other public land holding agencies are not prioritising the processing of land identified with the Housing Development Agency quickly enough,” he said.
However, Sexwale’s department is on track to finish upgrading 400,000 homes in informal settlements by 2014. It is also on track with its plan to arrange finance for almost 7,000 affordable homes.
- Timeslive
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