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Social Housing Foundation

Social Housing Foundation. Meeting with Housing Portfolio committee. Role, purpose and mandate Strategy map Supporting housing delivery Key achievements Sector challenges Social housing priorities. Social Housing Foundation. Section 21 company established in 1997

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Social Housing Foundation

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  1. Social Housing Foundation

  2. Meeting with Housing Portfolio committee Role, purpose and mandate Strategy map Supporting housing delivery Key achievements Sector challenges Social housing priorities

  3. Social Housing Foundation • Section 21 company established in 1997 • Housing Amendments Act (1999) • Mandate from government to enable, support and strengthen the capability of the social housing sector to build sustainable, well functioning communities through the provision of social housing

  4. Social Housing Foundation Strategy Map Mission Our mission is to enable, support and strengthen the capacity of the Social Housing Sector to build well functioning communities through the provision of sustainable social housing. Energised, aligned and capable social housing sector 05 Content, well functioning neighborhood communities 01 Sustainable revenue/ business model Outcomes 03 Increasing, well managed social & public housing stock 02 Viable model of social housing 04 Well informed policy development Community and delivery tier Tenants, SHIs, HMC, Local & Provincial Government Support Tier Support Institutions, Donors and Professionals Policy tier Government and Financial Institutions Funding Tier Government and Donors Build capability and effectiveness… Inform and support… Align and connect … • Manage finance • Manage and channel grants • Statutory compliance and reporting • Research and expertise • Monitoring & evaluation of delivery • Policy enablement • Viable model building Financial & regulatory Stakeholder Perspective • Engage and connect • Facilitation • Marketing and Communication • Brand Building • Information and advice • Training and capacity building • Standards of Performance, best practice guides, standards and toolkits • Generic • Consultancy Consumer 05; 03; 02 Advisory Products & Services 05; 04; 02 Client Relationship Management 04; 02 Research & Development 01 Finance & Support • Information flows • MIS • Professional support • Single point of contact • Initiate and close out programmes • Real world research • Value added product and solution development • Trends, issues • TAs • Technical Advisors • Accounting • Contracts • Controls • Systems • Audit • Deliver efficiency • Drive quality, low cost and ease of accessibility • Norms and standards • Maintenance and troubleshooting Internal Process Perspective “Consistent, high quality, timely products, services and solutions” Efficient info management and flow “Best solutions for customer needs” Human capital Organisational capital Information capital Learning & Growth Perspective • Teamwork • Build culture • Alignment • Leadership building • Build required competence • Manage and develop talent • Develop customer centricity • Develop enabling I.T. architecture

  5. Supporting housing delivery • Catalyst in the sector for promoting social housing • Establishment of SHIs • With provinces and local authorities establish institutional systems & procedures

  6. Supporting housing delivery • Ensuring the allocation provincial subsidy funding for access by SHIs • Assisting with growth & development of SHIs in all 9 provinces (geographic spread)

  7. Current Status of the Sector

  8. Supporting housing delivery • New housing strategy provides for the creation of affordable rental opportunities and tackling informal settlements directly • New plan responds proactively by: • Preventing further development of informal settlements and • broadening access to affordable housing opportunities in urban areas

  9. Supporting housing delivery • SA rental sector underdevelopment and small when considered in international context • ⅓ of low-income renters in metro’s are in backyard shacks & informal settlements • Many also in formal opportunities provided by slumlords and informal landlords

  10. Supporting housing delivery • The poor struggle to access limited rental opportunities provided by formal market (especially in good locations) • Demand for rental rising (7% p.a. for groups earning R1600-R3200/month) • Range of rental options required for the poor as part of the housing strategy • Gearing rental sector to scale limited by weak current capacity

  11. Supporting housing delivery • SHF has a key capacity building role in sector given • the need for rental housing delivery at scale • The institutional capacity and support that will be required to respond to this need

  12. Contribution in summary…

  13. Key achievements • Awareness about social housing & promotion of the concept • Tools and support for SHIs • Information on social housing sector trends, models, networks • Facilitating social housing policy development • Education and training for SHIs and other sector players

  14. Key achievements • Establishing new SHIs • Co-ordination of sector stakeholders • Facilitating access to grant funding • Supporting the housing co-operative approach

  15. Sector challenges • Cost of social housing not affordable to the poor • Lack of management and technical capacity • Challenges of scale delivery • Need for Innovation • Project development and pricing

  16. Social housing priorities Short term: • PIE amendment legislation • Social housing bill enactment • Clarity on linkages with Medium density housing policy • Revised funding framework for social housing • Impact on constitutional court rulings on rental housing

  17. Social housing priorities Medium to Long term: • Establishment of sector regulatory body • Linkages with phasing out and hostel programme • Related legislation changes (Tax, Co-operatives, Land, Municipal services, etc) • Changes in companies legislation

  18. SHF budget KRA 1: Enhanced SH policy R2,14m KRA 2: Improved SHI’s skills R5,88m EU SPSH support R4,70m Support for Co-ops prog R1,00m KRA 3: Informed, functioning sector R1,39m KRA 4: Sourcing new donor funding R0,02m KRA 5: SH network developed R3,01m KRA 6: Increased service value to SHI’s R6,27m Total R24,41m

  19. SHF budget Income sources National Department of Housing R15,3m R 4,7m Investment income (interest) R 0,8m Donors R 5,3m Total R26,1m

  20. Broader Institutional Linkages

  21. Thank You!

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