HDA Annual Report

ANNUAL REPORT 2023/24

Programme 3: Programme Planning and Design, Regional Coordination, and Human Settlements Implementation Support Services Purpose This programme involves planning, designing, management and implementation of priority programmes and provides access to adequate housing through a range of programmes.

The UISP is a complex programme, with various informal settlements having their own unique circumstances that require different interventions and/or development responses. The programme is one of the government’s prime development initiatives and upgrading projects should be dealt with on a priority basis. In line with international best practice, the programme has been designed to address the specific development requirements posed by informal settlements, hence it is flexible to ensure that it can address locally peculiar development requirements and becomes a specially designed funding mechanism. The HDA currently undertakes activities which covers phase one, phase two and phase three outputs of the UISP. Various provinces and municipalities contract the HDA to undertake in instances one or more of the UISP phases. Informal settlement upgrading projects should be undertaken against the following broad objectives and principles: Maximise the impact of the programme by reaching as many households as possible and achieve the national goal of upgrading all informal settlements. Priority should be on settlements located in areas posing a threat to health and safety. Projects should promote the objective of spatial restructuring and integration. Settlements that are threatened with eviction or have been the subject of a court judgement must be prioritised. Responsible authorities should adhere to the principle that community participation is key to success and that relocation of communities should be a last resort. • • • • •

The programme has the following subprogrammes:

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Programme Planning and Design, and Regional Coordination Human Settlements Implementation Support Services

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Subprogramme 3.1: Informal Settlements Upgrading

The Upgrading of Informal Settlements Programme (UISP) is consistent with conventions whose focus is to address the plight of persons without adequate housing. The South African government is committed to developmental goals that provide for significant improvement in the lives of its dwellers. Noting that informal settlements are multi-year development projects, it is envisaged that the numbers will fluctuate based on the HDA’s involvement in this priority UISP nationally.

Provided that HDA has the necessary capacity,

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