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This presentation covers grant purposes, historical expenditure, future allocations, cash flow, challenges, and departmental interventions in housing and human settlements developments in Limpopo. Includes detailed information on Integrated Housing and Human Settlement Development Grant, Human Settlement Redevelopment Programme, and Municipal Support Programme.
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PRESENTATION TO NCOP BY MEC LIMPOPO: LOCAL GOVERNMENT AND HOUSING 23 JANUARY 2006
THE PRESENTATION WILL COVER THE FOLLOWING: • PURPOSE OF EACH GRANT • HISTORICAL EXPENDITURE PER EACH GRANT • FUTURE ALLOCATIONS (MTEF) • CASH-FLOW AND EXPENDITURE TO DECEMBER 2005 • CHALLENGES AND DEPARTMENTAL INTERVENTIONS
PURPOSE OF THE GRANT INTERGRATED HOUSING AND HUMAN SETTLEMENT DEVELOPMENT GRANT (IHAHSD) • To finance the implementation on national housing programme and to facilitate habitable, stable and sustainable human settlements
HUMAN SETTLEMENT REDEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (HSRP) • To fund projects that aim to improve the quality of the environment by identifying dysfunctionalities in human settlements
MUNICIPAL SUPPORT PROGRAMME / MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE GRANT • Capacitate municipalities in areas which will make municipalities viable. • Support municipalities in basic service delivery, Local Economic Development, Financial viability, Organisational transformation, and Governance (public participation)
CHALLENGES • Municipalities re-directing approved project scope causing delay to implement new projects on demarcation of sites • Shortage of clay bricks in the province. • Contractors appointed experienced difficulties in acquiring finance to buy materials for construction.
Challenges (cont.) • Delays in the survey of land by municipality derail implementation plans of the projects • Delays in implementing contracts by developers • Payment claims partly rejected because of duplicated claims by developers
DEPARTMENTAL INTERVENTIONS • 2005/2006 financial year units were distributed along 26 Municipalities in the Province. • Project Managers were deployed at those 26 Municipalities to manage the projects • The Department is experiencing capacity due to unfilled Project Managers positions
DEPARTMENTAL INTERVENTIONS (cont) • Specification was amended to use cement bricks as per individual contractors. • Letters were issued to all Municipalities informing them about the usage of alternative bricks. • Contractors were urged/reminded to use the specified the material as per Departmental plans.
The End • Thank you