Programme 4: Housing Development Finance
Purpose: Fund national housing and human settlement development programmes in terms of the Housing Act (1997), provide financial, grant and housing institutions management, and manage all matters provided for by the Home Loan and Mortgage Disclosure Act (2000).
Structure and Objectives - Housing Development Finance
• Financial and Grant Management: provide overall financial and grant management services.
• Housing Institutions, Housing Equity and Development Finance: monitor the performance of housing institutions reporting to the Minister of Housing, monitor trends, impacts and patterns in housing and investment finance against government’s development programmes and aims to eradicate discrimination and unfair practices to do with access to housing finance, by implementing and administering the Home Loan and Mortgage Disclosure Act (2000) and regulations through the Office of Disclosure.
Structure and Objectives - Housing Development Finance
cont. • Integrated Housing and Human Settlement Development Grant: reflects the conditional grant allocation that is transferred to provinces.
• Contributions: makes contributions to housing institutions.
• Interest and Redemption on Private Loans: administered the interest payments on liabilities held by the National Housing Development Board and the SA Housing Trust, all of which have been transferred to National Treasury.
Financial and Grant Management
Purpose: Provide overall financial and grant management services.
Achievements : 2006/07
• Financial Statements completed and submitted;• Budget approved;• Transfer of funds according to payment
schedule;• Monitoring of expenditure by provinces on the
grant;• Amending Housing subsidy grant framework;• Provided and managed the transversal debtors
system on behalf of provinces.
Deliverables for the MTEF 2007/10
• Manage the provision of Financial Support and Internal controls
• To manage the provision of Supply Chain Management Services
• Provide Debtors System to Provinces
Deliverables for the MTEF 2007/10
• To undertake financial planning, control and system maintenance
• To provide strategic financial management support to the Department
• To transfer and administer funds for housing delivery
• To monitor the financial performance of the conditional grant.
Housing Institutions, Office of Disclosure and Development
FinancePurpose: Monitor the performance of housing institutions reporting to the Minister of Housing, monitor trends, impacts and patterns in housing and investment finance against government’s development programmes and aims to eradicate discrimination and unfair practices to do with access to housing finance, by implementing and administering the Home Loan and Mortgage Disclosure Act (2000) and regulations through the Office of Disclosure.
Achievements: 2006/07• Regulations gazette for public comments on the 24
November 2006 and closing on the 29 December 2006• Regulations presented to the Portfolio Committee on
Housing on the 21 February 2007 as a means to conclude the consultative process
• The Office attended all FSC meetings as a means to promote equity in housing delivery
• Draft profile prepared and awaiting the appointment of Members of Office to have a full functional Office
• Compliance Manual’s Terms of Reference drawn up, presented to the Bid Committee and closed on the 20 February 2007
Achievements: 2006/07
• Advertisement for Nominations close on the 16 February 2007 and the submission is send to Minister’s office for appointment of panel to shortlist applications
• Establishment and operationalisation of the new Directorate: Housing institutions established in 2006.
• Policy on monitoring of housing institutions was developed and approved during the financial year
• Business plans of housing institutions analyzed and approved
• Targets met in terms of quarterly performance analysis of housing institutions
Achievements: 2006/07
• Mid term performance review of housing institutions conducted
• Review Framework for the rationalization of housing institutions developed
• Governance monitoring checklist for housing institutions developed
• Rationalization of housing institutions started in the light of requirements of the Comprehensive Plan on Sustainable human Settlement and the proposed new DPSA and NT policy framework on public entities.
Achievements: 2006/07
• Four quarterly publication on Housing and economy
• Progress report to the implementation of Growth and Development Summit Agreement
• Economic Impact of 2010 World Cup on housing delivery
• Input to presidential survey on public investment• Inputs for the medium term budget policy
statement
Deliverables for the MTEF 2007/10
• Approved annual business plans ,budgets and corporate governance issues of housing institutions
• Four Performance Monitoring reports produced annually (financial, non-financial and corporate governance)
• Mid term performance monitoring report produced (financial, non-financial and corporate governance)
Deliverables for the MTEF 2007/10
• Approved shareholders compact
• Approved governance monitoring framework
• Report on compliance of housing institutions
Deliverables for the MTEF 2007/10
• Four reports per year on compliance of housing institutions to King Code requirements
• Approved Framework for Staff migration of rationalized institutions
• Percentage of institutions rationalized
• A report on trends and the impact of donor funding
Deliverables for the MTEF 2007/10
• Reports on the savings linked products
• Reports on fixed interest rates and their impact
• Reports on tax incentives
• Reports on the financial risk factors on the provision of housing delivery
Deliverables for the MTEF 2007/10
• Reports on Micro lending industry on housing delivery
• Reports on employer assisted housing
• A report on the impact of new finance instruments
• Reports the loss limit insurance
Deliverables for the MTEF 2007/10
• Reports on secretariat function in terms of the Home Loans and Mortgage Disclosure Act
• Report on monitoring compliance by financial institutions in terms of the Financial Service Charter commitments in promoting housing finance equity
Deliverables for the MTEF 2007/10
• Reports on investigations on the home loans and mortgage public complaints
• 50 Municipality help desks
• Annual report for the Minister
Deliverables for the MTEF 2007/10
• Manage and investigate the home loans and mortgage public complaints
• Prepare annual report for the Minister
Housing Development Finance
R thousand
2007/08 2008/09 2009/10
Medium-term estimates
MTEF Baseline
Management 2,749 3,079 3,388
Financial and Grant Management 24,529 25,168 58,124
Housing Institutions, Housing Equity and Development Finance 18,644 20,204 26,370
Contributions to Public Entities 59,416 37,399 35,462
Social Housing Programme 180,000 250,000 297,000
Integrated Housing and Human Settlement Development Grant 8,237,946 9,852,842 11,530,823
Total of subprogrammes 8,523,284 10,188,692 11,951,167
Allocation 2007/08 Programme 4: Housing Development Finance
0.03%
0.29%
0.22%0.70%
2.11%
96.65% 3.35%
Management Financial and Grant Management
Housing Institutions, Housing Equity and Development Finance Contributions
Social Housing Programme Integrated Housing and Human Settlement Development Grant
Provincial Allocations (IHHSDG)
Provinces 2007/08 2008/09 2009/10
Eastern Cape 1,052,554 1,251,018 1,481,567
Free State 653,293 772,410 892,768
Gauteng 2,197,223 2,579,974 2,959,488
KwaZulu-Natal 1,310,555 1,575,586 1,853,917
Limpopo 651,705 783,247 921,297
Mpumalanga 526,286 629,210 736,023
Northern Cape 130,976 161,312 194,572
North West 766,806 896,102 1,022,494
Western Cape 948,548 1,203,984 1,468,699
TOTAL 8,237,946 9,852,842 11,530,823
Provincial housing targets outputs and funds allocated
Province Targeted outputs Funds Allocated
Eastern Cape 30,551 R 1,052,554,000
Free State 17,383 R 653,293,000
Gauteng 94,349 2,197,223,000
KwaZulu Natal 43,189 R 1,310,555,000
Limpopo 8,803 R 651,705,000
Mpumalanga 13,966 R 526,286,000
Northern Cape 3,210 R 130,976,000
North West 38,912 R 766,806,000
Western Cape 33,700 R 948,548,000
Total 284,063 R 8,237,946,000