Question NW2501 to the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
19 November 2020 - NW2501
Motsepe, Ms CCS to ask the Minister of Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
What (a) total number of persons are currently on the housing waiting list, (b) is the breakdown of the waiting list in each province and (c) total number of houses is her department planning to build each year in the next 10 years?
Reply:
(a) In terms of our Constitutional delineation of responsibilities, municipalities are responsible for housing lists. The National Department of Human Settlements sets norms and standards, and monitor their implementation. Having realised the lack of capacity in certain municipalities, we decided to institute a National Housing Needs Register on which household can record their housing needs.
This National Housing Needs Register is different from a waiting list as it is used by provinces to select household who can be approached with an offer to apply for specific housing opportunities as these are created within Greenfield projects. Provinces and municipalities are encouraged to make use of the National Housing Needs Register system as it provides for a fair, transparent and just process of selection of prospective subsidy beneficiaries and allows for regional specific preferential selection criteria.
The System is linked to National Guidelines for the Allocation of Housing Opportunities created through the National Housing Programmes. The total number of households that have registered their need for adequate shelter as on 23 October 2020 is 2,537,968. The Honourable Member should note that the Western Cape does not utilize the National Housing Needs Register
(b) Below breakdown of number of households that have registered their need for adequate shelter per province as on 23 October 2020 on the National Housing Needs Register:
(c) The number of houses build by provinces depends on the HSDG budget allocation to each province every financial year. In the 2020/21 financial year the Department has planned to deliver the number of housing units and serviced as indicated below:
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
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Province |
Total No of projects |
Serviced sites |
Housing Units |
CRU (units) |
FLISP |
Planned sites |
Planned units |
Planned sites |
Planned units |
Eastern Cape |
465 |
3 727 |
7 025 |
0 |
200 |
5 056 |
7 805 |
5 413 |
8 172 |
Free State |
155 |
3 778 |
2 431 |
100 |
100 |
1 000 |
5 858 |
1 000 |
5 107 |
Gauteng |
184 |
13 851 |
9 563 |
0 |
100 |
9 977 |
16 011 |
10 177 |
16 311 |
KwaZulu Natal |
346 |
5 208 |
11 020 |
400 |
252 |
2 846 |
13 176 |
2 458 |
14 877 |
Limpopo |
163 |
2 839 |
5 214 |
150 |
25 |
2 500 |
5 664 |
2 500 |
2 896 |
Mpumalanga |
153 |
3 426 |
4 369 |
128 |
100 |
4 400 |
4 436 |
5 000 |
3 793 |
Northern Cape |
47 |
2 329 |
376 |
190 |
20 |
4 352 |
909 |
2 470 |
103 |
North West |
351 |
3 692 |
6 381 |
0 |
40 |
5 198 |
6 156 |
7 663 |
5 776 |
Western Cape |
147 |
5 697 |
7 843 |
0 |
598 |
10 736 |
11 450 |
6 323 |
10 241 |
Nat Total |
2011 |
44 547 |
54 222 |
968 |
1 435 |
46 065 |
71 465 |
43 004 |
67 276 |
Further to the above, the Department will through the Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA) deliver the following in the 2020/21 MTEF:
2020/21 |
2021/22 |
2022/23 |
|
Planned Social Housing Units |
5 800 |
6 700 |
8 000 |