SOCIAL HOUSING IN SOUTH AFRICA By JOHN HOPKINS MEng'Man',CMCIHMIAHS CEO Southern African Housing Fou

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SOCIAL HOUSING IN SOUTH AFRICABy JOHN
HOPKINSMEng.Man.,CMCIHMIAHSCEO Southern
African Housing Foundation
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REVIEW OF SOUTH AFRICAS HOUSING POLICY

• 1994 First Democratic elections
• All inclusive Constitution
• 2.2 million families without adequate housing
• Pre 1994 political turbulence.

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KEY CHARACTERISTICS OF SOUTH AFRICAS HOUSING
MARKET (PRE-1994)

• Severe housing shortage
• Lack of affordability
• Fragmented Housing Policy
• Lack of capacity
• Non-payment of housing loans and service
  boycotts
• Lack of end user finance
• Insufficient land
• Inappropriate building standards

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STATISTICS

• Population 47.5 mil. (2004)
• Population growth (2.1 p.a.)
• Population increase 4.2 mil. People between
  1996-2001
• 30 increase in number of households
• Drop in average household size 4.5 to 3.8 people
• Rapid urbanization
• Unemployment 16 in 1995 30 in 2002

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CAPE TOWN INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS HAVE A BACKLOG OF
400 000 FAMILIES
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STATISTICS

• HIV/AIDS has resulted in larger number of
  children headed households
• DOH has spent R29.5 b. on 1.6 mil. housing
  opportunities
• 500 000 families have purchased public housing
  stock
• Housing expenditure by the state
• R2.69 b. 1996/7
• R4.5 b. 2004/5
• R5.0 b. 2006/7

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INCOME DISTRIBUTION
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HOUSES COMPLETED
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THE HOUSING VISION

• To establish sustainable public private
  residential environments
• To ensure viable households and communities
• Access to economic opportunity
• Access to health, education and social
  amenities
• Secure tenure
• Access to potable water, sanitation and
  electricity supply

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PILOT PROJECT IN CAPE TOWN N2 GATEWAY
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ROYAL MAITLAND SOCIAL HOUSING PROJECT
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SOCIAL HOUSING POLICYBREAKING NEW GROUND

• Building human settlements
• Maximizing the value of housing as an asset
• Improved alignment of programs and resource
  management
• Demand-led, supply negotiated framework for
  promoting sustainable human settlement
  developments

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POLICY INITIATIVES

• Rental Housing
• Social Housing Emergency Housing
• Revised Hostel Redevelopments
• Housing Land Policy
• Housing Sector
• Peoples Housing Process
• Rural Housing Farm worker Housing
• Environmentally efficient housing

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POLICY INITIATIVESURBAN EFFICIENCY INTEGRATION

• Target inner city regeneration, suburban
  densification, improve urban efficiency and
  promote a non-racial integrated society
• - medium density housing
• - rental housing
• - housing finance interventions-tax
  incentives
• - land purchase program
• Mixed income development through residential
  social obligation requirements

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BUILDING FOR THE FUTURE
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STRIVING TO DEVELOP SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS