The subsidy application for the approval of the Tshwane Social Housing Policy by the Municipality

MULTI-YEAR PROJECTS

1. Indicate the local background of the project

The local background of the project in general is given in the previous chapter.

2. Local problem description

The Institutional Housing Section of the City of Tshwane together with Dutch support from the City of Delft completed a Draft Social Housing Policy Document in November 2004. Since then the proposed National Social Housing Policy (NSHP) was approved by the National Department of Housing (NDOH). The Tshwane Draft Social Housing Policy needs to be revised in order to align it with the National Social Housing Policy before it can be approved by the Council. An important new regulation in the NSHP is the identification and approval of Restructuring Zones by Municipalities as a condition to get grants for social housing development. Due to a lack of capacity in the Institutional Housing Section, this revision of the policy document cannot be completed in a short period without Dutch support.

The NSHP stipulate that a Regulative Authority will be formed on National level to regulate the accreditation of Social Housing Institutions (SHI’s) and other Institutions that will apply for grants to develop social housing projects.

The NSHP also dictates that a performance agreement is required as part of the relationship between SHI’s and the Municipality. The Municipality will need support from the City of Delft during the process of regulation Housing Company Tshwane (HCT) and the formulation of a performance agreement as part of the twinning relationship. The responsibilities of both parties for the coming years will be stipulated in a MOU.

3. Analysis of actors/ target groups

· The city of Delft and the VNG were involved in the start-up phase of this project by providing the City of Tshwane with a student from the Technical University Delft (TUD) and an expert on Social Housing. The expert is directly involved in the execution of the project. At the same time the City of Delft will select another student.

· The capacity building is focused on managers of the Municipality and the board members of HCT.

· The indirect beneficiaries of the project are the Municipality and the home-seekers.

· The executers of the project activities are municipal officials (managers) and officials of the SHI’s.

4. Objective of the project

The objective of the project is to strengthen the capacity of the Institutional Housing Section by spreading sufficient knowledge and experience to enable the Section to formulate their own Social Housing Policy and Performance Agreements. The short term objective of the Social Housing Section is the approval of the Social Housing Policy by the Council.

5. Activities and Course of Action

For the activities and Course of Action refer to the scheme on the next page.

Important part of the Course of Action also is the identification and approval of Restructuring Zones by the Municipality.

	Description activity (for 1 calendar year)	Planning (year, month, how long does the activity last?)	Coordination/ Responsible	Who is involved in the execution	Input (e.g. material, experts, money, studies)
Activity 1	To revise the draft of the TSHP in order to align it with the NSHP	4 weeks during the period May/June 2006	- D.K. Dlamini (general manager Housing City of Tshwane) - R. Griep (senior officer International policy City of Delft)	- D.K. Dlamini - A. Ettekoven (head DOH city region of Haaglanden) - Trainee TUD - W.J. Theron (Chief Institutional Housing City of Tshwane)	- Experts
Activity 2	To draw up a framework for a performance agreement between SHI’s and Municipalities	1 week in August/September 2006 (workshop)	- D.K. Dlamini - R. Griep	- D.K. Dlamini - A. Ettekoven - W.J. Theron - CEO SHI’s	- Experts
Activity 3
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6. Expected results

The approval of the Social Housing Policy – including a performance agreement between HCT and the municipality – by the Council in 2006.

7. Indicators

• The final approval of the National Social Housing Policy by not later than May 2006.
• The Local Social Housing Policy and the Performance Agreements have to be approved by the Council by the time of evaluation in February 2007.

8. Risk Analysis and Durability Analysis

· The final approval of the National Social Housing Policy is not available in May 2006.

· The local elections expected to take place early next year. This could cause a change in the Local Housing Policy.

9. Evaluation, monitoring and reporting

The first date of evaluation and monitoring is July 2006, to check if the approved National Social Housing Policy is available. The second date of evaluation and monitoring is in February 2007 when the Local Social Housing Policy and the Performance Agreements have to be approved by the Council.