SABELO
MNGUNI
23 JUNIE 2015
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POLICY PARAMETRES
FOR HUMAN
SETTLEMENTS
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
• Towards a common understanding of South African
human settlements
• The Housing Eligibility/ Qualification Criteria
• Norms and Standards
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TOWARDS A COMMON
UNDERSTANDING OF
SOUTH AFRICAN
HUMAN SETTLEMENTS
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WORKING DEFINATION OF HUMAN
SETTTLEMENTS - NDP
ENTIRE HUMAN COMMUNITY – city, town, village
• With all the social, material, organizational, spiritual
and cultural elements that sustain it
• Consisting of elements and services
PHYSICAL COMPONENTS
Shelter: superstructures of different shapes, sizes, types &
materials
Infrastructure: networks designed to deliver to or remove
from the shelter people, goods, energy or information
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WORKING DEFINATION OF HUMAN
SETTTLEMENTS (Cont…)
SERVICES – Required by a community for fulfilment of its
functions
• Education
• Health
• Welfare
• Recreation
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SOUTH AFRICAN SETTLEMENTS
TYPES
Can be differentiated by a multitude of factors:
• Size
• Topography
• Economic divisions
• Historical consideration - spatially divided according
to race and class
• Planned – e.g. “Traditional suburbs”, “townships” or
“reserves”
• Unplanned – grow organically e.g. informal
settlements, backyard structures
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SOUTH AFRICAN SETTLEMENTS
TYPES (CONT….)
• Human Settlements are complex social and economic
phenomena which exist along an urban- rural continuum
• No commonly agreed definition of “urban” and “rural”
and clearly defined physical & social boundary between
urban and rural areas
• Urban and rural areas are economically, socially and
environmentally interdependent
• Major differentiation in the actual form of housing and
types of tenure
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ELIGIBILITY/
QUALIFICATION
CRITERIA
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QUALIFICATION CRITERIA
A person qualifies for a subsidy if he/ She is:
• A lawful resident of South Africa or in possession of
permanent residence status
• Legally competent to contract
• Not yet benefited from government assistance
• Previously owned a fixed residential property:
• May qualify for the purchase of a serviced site
• Rental accommodation
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QUALIFICATION CRITERIA
(CONT…)
Further requirements:
• Married or cohabiting
• Single with financial dependents – must reside
permanently with applicant
• Single persons without financial dependents – apply for
purchase of vacant serviced site or rental accommodation
• Monthly household income ( proof of income required):
• R0- R3500 - full subsidy
• R3501- R15 000 – Finance Linked Individual Subsidy
Programme (FLISP)
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QUALIFICATION CRITERIA
(CONT…)
Further requirements:
• Persons classified as military veterans
• Persons classified as aged with or without financial
dependents
• Persons classified as disabled – variation manual
applicable
• Persons who are beneficiaries of the Land Restitution
Programme:
• Serviced sites – may qualify for a housing
consolidation subsidy
• Unserviced site – may qualify for a subsidy to service
site and for the construction of a house
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NORMS & STANDARDS
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NORMS & STANDARDS
All residential developments undertaken through the finance
provided in terms of the National Housing Programme must
comply with:
• Acceptable housing to potential user – alternative
technologies must be consulted
• Compliance with the following NHBRC standards:
• Residential structure
• Two bedrooms
• A separate bathroom with a toilet, shower and hand
basin
• A combined living area and kitchen with wash basin
• A ready board electrical installation
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NORMS & STANDARDS (CONT…)
• Roof – must be durable and water proof
• Lighting – enough light to ensure safety
• Environmentally efficient housing
• Water efficiency
• Enhance thermal efficiency
• Energy efficiency
• Insulation
• Flooring – must achieve thermal efficiency
• Windows – ideally – must be north-oriented
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THANK YOU FOR YOUR
ATTENTION