https://www.polity.org.za
Deepening Democracy through Access to Information
Home / Statements RSS ← Back
Financial|FUCHS|Housing|Infrastructure|PROJECT|Projects|Systems|Infrastructure|Operations
Financial|FUCHS|Housing|Infrastructure|PROJECT|Projects|Systems|Infrastructure|Operations
financial|fuchs|housing|infrastructure|project|projects|systems|infrastructure|operations
Close

Email this article

separate emails by commas, maximum limit of 4 addresses

Sponsored by

Close

Article Enquiry

Gauteng Housing Department fails to meet key targets, faces 70-year backlog

Close

Embed Video

Gauteng Housing Department fails to meet key targets, faces 70-year backlog

Gauteng Housing Department fails to meet key targets, faces 70-year backlog

1st October 2024

ARTICLE ENQUIRY      SAVE THIS ARTICLE      EMAIL THIS ARTICLE

Font size: -+

/ MEDIA STATEMENT / The content on this page is not written by Polity.org.za, but is supplied by third parties. This content does not constitute news reporting by Polity.org.za.

The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements (GDHS) continues to demonstrate its incompetence in providing housing for vulnerable residents in Gauteng as it once again fails to meet key targets.

According to the GDHS’s First Quarterly Report for the 2024/2025 financial year, the department achieved only 50% of its targets, marginally improving from 42% in the 4th quarter of the previous year.

Advertisement

See report here.

Furthermore, the Annual Report for the 2023/2024 financial year, as well as the 5-year term report for the period 2019-2024, indicate that, as currently organised, the department will not meet its mandate of providing adequate housing to Gauteng’s most vulnerable.

Advertisement

The department delivers on average 18,000 housing units and serviced sites per year, against a backlog of 1,2 million units. This statistic provides insight into the fact that it would take almost 70 years to deal with the backlog.

The quarterly reports show a glaring inability to meet critical targets that are central to the department’s mission. Procurement from township businesses, meant to bolster the local economy, reached a mere 1.81% against a target of 60%. This dismal performance undermines the Gauteng administration’s efforts to empower the township economy.

In housing development, the department has not met targets for upgrading informal settlements, delivering bulk infrastructure to support housing projects, presenting title deeds to confirmed beneficiaries, and producing serviced erven.

What is troubling is the department’s admission that it lacks systems to monitor project performance, a fundamental weakness for an entity whose operations are project-driven. Without these systems, the department will continue to lag, leaving the housing crisis unresolved.

A Democratic Alliance (DA) government would ensure that this department meets its objectives by engaging with the private sector to improve the relationship with government and agree on incentives to entice the contribution of finance and expertise to public housing projects.

The DA would also ensure that the department undergoes urgent structural reform and a strategic revamp in order to provide adequate housing for its citizens.

The DA will continue to push for the progressive realisation of every Gauteng citizen's constitutional right to adequate shelter.

 

Issued by Alan Fuchs MPL - DA Gauteng Member of Human Settlements Committee

EMAIL THIS ARTICLE      SAVE THIS ARTICLE ARTICLE ENQUIRY

To subscribe email subscriptions@creamermedia.co.za or click here
To advertise email advertising@creamermedia.co.za or click here

Comment Guidelines

 

About

Polity.org.za is a product of Creamer Media.
www.creamermedia.co.za

Other Creamer Media Products include:
Engineering News
Mining Weekly
Research Channel Africa

Read more

Subscriptions

We offer a variety of subscriptions to our Magazine, Website, PDF Reports and our photo library.

Subscriptions are available via the Creamer Media Store.

View store

Advertise

Advertising on Polity.org.za is an effective way to build and consolidate a company's profile among clients and prospective clients. Email advertising@creamermedia.co.za

View options

Email Registration Success

Thank you, you have successfully subscribed to one or more of Creamer Media’s email newsletters. You should start receiving the email newsletters in due course.

Our email newsletters may land in your junk or spam folder. To prevent this, kindly add newsletters@creamermedia.co.za to your address book or safe sender list. If you experience any issues with the receipt of our email newsletters, please email subscriptions@creamermedia.co.za