The HDA hosted a partners’ workshop on support for the implementation of an informal settlement programme on 27 February. The purpose of the workshop was to share the status and progress, and for the partners to update on joint activities on the HDA informal settlements upgrading programme. Shift, PPT, DAG, PLANACT, and the CSIR were in attendance, as well as the NUSP/DHS national team.
The HDA delivered a presentation at the Premier’s consultation meeting with the Human Settlements Department on 4 February 2013. This meeting was attended by executive mayors, municipal managers and housing managers from all Free State municipalities.
More than 2 600 families have received solar-powered geysers as part of government’s programme to create better living conditions for residents of the former Joe Slovo informal settlement in Cape Town.
The HDA has entered into a partnership agreement (IP) with the Northern Cape Department of Cooperative Governance, Human Settlements and Traditional Affairs (COGHSTA). The partnership with the province is aimed at improving the forward planning and implementation capacity of the province, to ensure better expenditure outcomes and impact of the human settlement delivery programmes.
The Minister of Rural Development and Land Reform has released an additional number of state-owned properties totalling 318.6374ha. The Agency was requested to facilitate release of these properties by the Mangaung metro, primarily for informal settlement upgrading purposes.
