Lekwa Local Municipality 2013/14 - Co-operative Governance and ...

“To be the leading, people centered municipality excelling in economic growth, development and governance”of delivery or the challenges. It is recommended that the challenges experienced in the delivery of the projectsbe avoided in the planned projects.Table : Housing projects from IDPArea Units required Units completed Units under ConstructionSivukile and Sakhile 100 22 2987 Project link at Sivukile 87 6Sakhile 50Sakhile Hostel redevelopmentproject phase 1Ward 12 500 34Civil infrastructure isunderwayFrom the above information it is derived that there are 500 houses required, 22 have been completed and 119are under construction. It implies that from a total of 18 207 backlogs of houses (This includes the 500 in Table9(2)) there are 3 116 houses completed and (3094 plus 22) and there are 995 houses which have beenapproved but have not being built and 119 are being been built. . It means in total there is still a backlog of15 091. Assuming that a total of 119 houses will be completed in 200/9 financial year, it implies that there is atotal of 14 972 backlogs of houses.Institutional Arrangements in Lekwa MunicipalityA note needs to be made here that housing is a concurrent function in which the national Department ofHousing, the Provincial Department of Housing and the Lekwa municipality have a role to play in the deliveryof houses. Yet another key set of role players include financial institutions such as government owneddevelopment finance institutions such as National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC) and NURCHA; as wellas commercial banks such as ABSA, FNB and others. All these players have to play their respective role inhousing development in housing delivery.The national Department of Housing (NDoH) makes financial transfers to the Provinces as part of the equitableshare of the national budget. In addition, the NDoH is a policy formulating sphere of government—the BNGbeing the case in point in the current housing delivery environment.The Provincial Department of Housing (PDoH) is also a key player as the recipient of national funds transferredto the Province for housing development. The PDoH has to make allocation to municipalities of housing79 | P a g e - D r a f t i n t e g r a t e d D e v e l o p m e n t P l a n 2 0 1 3 / 2 0 1 4