STRATEGIC PLAN April 2005

1. STRATEGIC PLANApril 2005 Housing Department

3. EKURHULENIVISSION HOUSING MISSION “The Smart, Creative and Developmental City” “To plan, facilitate, implement and manage targeted human settlements through efficient and effective resource allocation in partnership with stakeholders, which provides and promotes the provision of sustainable housing opportunities to the residents of Ekurhuleni”

4. STATISTICALOVERVIEWOF THE EKURHULENI METROPOLITAN MUNICIPALITY • Population 2001 – 2 480 276 • Population estimated by 2010 – 3 200 000 • Number of households – 744 935 • Unemployment rate – 40% • Number of Wards – 88 • Date of Municipality’s establishment – 05-12-2000 • Cities and towns amalgamated – 9 • Municipal area in Kmsq – 1889 • Land – 190 900 ha • % GDP from manufacturing – 51% • % GDP of Gauteng – 23% • Highways – N3, N12, N17, M2, R21, R24, R25 • Blue IQ Projects – JIA Road network upgrading and Industrial Development zone R190mil • - Wadeville Alrode Industrial area R72mil • - Gauteng Rapid Rail link • Total Capex – R1,275 Bil • Total Budget – R11,3 Bil

5. STATISTICAL OVERVIEW ON HOUSING • Housing backlog – 122 000 • Number of informal settlements (formal and informal) – 112 • Land identified for development and upgrading – 120 000 stands • Basic water available to all, sanitation on process of being provided. • Housing Municipal Capex R283 mil • % of Municipal Capex 30% • Provincial Capex for Housing in Ekurhuleni R147mil • Total Housing Budget for Ekurhuleni area R420mil • Will form 34% of Municipal Capex

6. KEY PERFORMANCE AREAS • Housing Policies and Planning for Sustainable Human Settlements • Property Management and Institutional housing • Project Management and facilitation of housing opportunities • Support Services and National programmes

7. DIRECTIVE FROM LEVELS OF GOVERNMENT • MILENNIUM GOALS • BREAKING NEW GROUND: A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS. • STRATEGIC PRIORITIES OF EMM

9. MOST IMPORTANT ISSUES TO ACHIEVE INTEGRATED AND SUSTAINABLE HUMAN SETTLEMENTS • URBAN REGENERATION • LOCALITY OF HOUSING PROJECTS • DENSIFICATION • TYPOLOGIES AND TENURE OPTIONS • URBAN DESIGN

10. URBAN REGENERATION The primary thrusts for urban regeneration are as follows: • Integrated development • Creation of a sustainable community • Appropriate and affordable housing • Safe and secure environment • Provision of quantity/quality infrastructure, like - roads, storm water drainage, sewer systems etc. • Provision of quality, sustainable social amenities, including - schools, clinics etc. • Promotion of local economic development, and support for local entrepreneurs investing in the area. • Invasion control • Higher density development, Social housing and affordable rental accommodation are important features of the urban regeneration strategy.

11. 2. LOCALITY OF HOUSING PROJECTS • The defining feature of all criticism against the instrument used most for housing delivery namely project-linked subsidies has been location. These projects have not led to “closer is better” locations and thus have not led to sustainable communities. • Separate land cost from subsidy • In view of the creation of sustainable human settlements there is a need to focus on the spatial directives. • Invasion control to protect well located land for suitable development

12. 3. DENSIFICATION • Promotes efficient use of landand existing urban infra-structure. It is also viewed as an alternative to urban sprawl. • The components of medium to high density housing are location, built form, tenure, governance, financing, affordability and maintenance of the houses and environment that was created. • Densification is a tool to resolve many of the challenges not only for housing but sustainable development and integration by:

13. Densification continued • Matching Backlog with Land Available. • Benefits of Medium to High Density (Affordable public transport and less pollution) • High-Quality Design & Diversity (Creating people places offer a wider range of housing types and provide for the life cycle.) • Safety, Property Values, Overcrowding and Affordable housing (Design and use of public spaces have a far more significant impact on crime) • Infill, integration (Better urban form and optimal use of existing services) - In situ upgrading at higher densities possible with new designs

14. Making "densification" work - is perhaps the single most important challenge in the creation of sustainable human settlements: • As it is about the manipulation of space, inside and outside to better the experience of the person in contact with the environment. • Issues that need to be addressed are; promotion of densification, planning guidelines, property taxation, zoning, subdivision, and land swaps and consolidation.

15. Investigate various typologies of housingto offer choice and provide for requirements I t o higher densities and to allow integration into surrounding developments. 4. TYPOLOGIES AND TENURE OPTIONS 5. URBAN DESIGN • Urban design is not a luxury anymore but has become • a necessity to ensure sustainable developments • taking into account • social and safety aspects, mobility, the economic use of • space, aesthetics and densification.

16. EMM actions to comply with millennium goals and Breaking New Ground • Eight year plan to eradicate informal settlement backlog – delivery of • 15 000 – 17 000 stands per year • Become ISO 9001 compliant by September 2005 – Ensure quality • processes and procedures in the workplace • To be Accredited as by July 2006 • - Ensure implementation is brought closer to beneficiary • - Faster delivery by shortening the management chain • - Direct link to quality manage delivery • - Institutional review and draw down of capacity from Provincial level • Implementation of Community Builders Programme • - Community involvement • - Job creation, skills development and economic growth • - Preferential procurement policy • Strict financial management – Ring fenced project budgets and audits • Project control to prevent fraud and corruption – regular audits

17. Ekurhuleni actions to create human settlements • Urban design guidelines for higher density development • Stand sizes 80 – 150msq • Densification in all housing projects (Municipal and Provincial) • In situ upgrading where land is suitable. • One Social housing Institution for EMM and promotion of social housing • Council land and other identified properties for higher density developments and social housing. Urban Renewal focus areas Separate land cost from subsidy. • Hostels – own funding of R17,6m. Rental stock and family units. • All other hostels to become transit / communal housing. • Life cycle provision in all residential development. • Five focus area Development/Precinct plans to determine Infrastructure backlog to compile Infrastructure development plan (Direct MIG and densification) and indicate allocation of housing backlog with densities.

18. PROPOSED DELIVERY 5YR PLAN • Land parcels are being acquired for 85 000 stands at a density of 30 units per ha • on 250 msq stands. By densifying only a third of the land to 80 units per ha on • 80msq stands provision can be made for 110 000 stands and address the full backlog

19. LAYOUTPLANNING FOR DENSIFICATION Less roads Permanent surfaces Walk ways Smaller stands Larger house Shorter walking distances Sharing of service points More communal areas Communal food garden Communal parking Various typologies Optimal use of bulk

20. PMG note: Photographs and Densification housing designs not included. Email info@pmg.org.za for these.