HDA Annual Report

ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24

Facilitation of Housing Delivery

Design of Human Settlements Development

To facilitate housing delivery, the HDA performs three core functions: Implementing Agent, Project Manager and Project Developer.

This function is implemented by designing, packaging, implementing, and project managing human settlement development aimed at fast tracking delivery and achieving human settlement sector outcomes.

Underpinning these functions are processes of social facilitation and intergovernmental relations.

The diagram below provides further details on the three core functions of the HDA:

Implementing Agent An implementing agent is responsible for the implementation developments in a specific priority housing development area plan as approved by a municipality or province. This includes township establishment, top structure development, monitoring and evaluation, infrastructure development, and social and economic facilities development. The HDA will be responsible for implementing the following Section 29 projects: Nelson Mandela Bay, N2 Gateway, Zanemvula, Gauteng Province, and Lephalale. Programme Management The Programme Management function manages the national priority projects of the human settlement sector. These include special and priority projects designated by the Minister and includes informal settlements upgrading, inner-city regeneration, spatial, planning and technical programmes., informal settlement upgrading projects, inner city projects, and HSS support services. Development Project Management Focuses on conceptualising, funding, planning, coordination, implementation of housing and human settlements development and related infrastructure. This can include land acquisition, designing, financing, construction, selling or managing. Developers work with different counterparts along each step of the process, including architects, planners, engineers, constructors, other developers, and more. The nature of the HDA’s business, including the current funding model, necessitates that the Agency maintains robust intergovernmental relations with all spheres of government. The HDA is faced with rapid changes and shifts in the stakeholder and intergovernmental space within which it exists and operates. To address this, the strategy has been developed to establish a conducive environment and relationship for the HDA to achieve its objectives and functions. The critical components of the strategy include maximising shareholder value, targeted outreach, advocacy, sustaining the established intergovernmental fora, fostering intergovernmental alignment in planning and implementing interventions, and ensuring appropriate contracting and compliance management with all stakeholders.

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