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Presentation to the Select Committee on Finance: 1 st Quarter 2006/07: Conditional Grant Hearings Housing Delivery Status. Department of Local Government and Housing Provincial Government Western Cape Prepared by : Chief Directorate, Housing Delivery. 12 September 2006. CONTENT.
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Presentation to the Select Committee on Finance:1st Quarter 2006/07:Conditional Grant HearingsHousing Delivery Status Department of Local Government and Housing Provincial Government Western Cape Prepared by : Chief Directorate, Housing Delivery 12 September 2006
CONTENT 1. Grant Framework 2. Performance 2005/06 3. Delivery (April to June 2006)
1. Grant Framework • Challenges to existing funding • Rationale for new Allocations
Challenges to funding • Backlog of >300,000 units • Reality?Approx15,000 units can be built with annual grant of R598m • Province is accelerating delivery to show capacity to absorb additional funding
Rationale for Allocation • Needs survey in Provincial Housing Plan • Prioritised to provincial areas of highest need(Breaking New Ground / PSDF) • Existing budget constraints • Past performance in municipal area(Existing / planned commitment) • Projects prioritized in municipal IDP
2. Performance 2005/06 • 100% of available funds spent • R 573m spent : • Available funds : R 456m grant R 77m rollover R 40m Provincial Funds • Target : 16,000 houses and 18,000 sites • Actual : 16,053 houses built and 18,412 sites serviced
3. Delivery (Apr-June 2006) • R 168m spent of R 598 m (28% of grant) • Projected: R598m by December 2006(Additional funding for last quarter) • Target : to service 18,000 sites and build 16,000 houses. • First quarter : 6309 sites serviced (35% of target) and 5227 houses built (33% of target)
Monitoring • Cashflows and delivery targets are set per municipality. • The department monitors expenditure and delivery on a monthly basis. • Working closely with Provincial Treasury in monitoring performance of municipalities. (MTEC hearings)
Actual Expenditure: Metro/Districts1st Quarter 2006/07 • ExamplesP • O • Cape Town: 36% ofR355m (R129m) • Cape Winelands: 8% of R93m • Overberg: 5%of R45m • Central Karoo: 11%of R12m • Eden: 21%of R44m • West Coast: 11%of R27m