Transcript CoCT Internal Audit

TOWARDS THE CITY OF CAPE TOWN
INTEGRATED SUSTAINABLE HUMAN
SETTLEMENT
WESTERN CAPE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
CONFERENCE:
21 JUNE 2005
DIRECTOR: HUMAN SETTLEMENTS: CITY OF
TOWN
Vision
Sustainable City – offering future to our children and
their children
“Triple bottom line” - guiding principle:
Social Equity
Economic efficiency and sustainability
Environmental integrity and sustainability
Context
Backlog: 260 000( annual growth- 16 000, delivery rate 8
000)
193 000 houses delivered in the Western Cape
City delivered about 43 000
Periphery development
Expensive and limited land
Inflation building material costs
Planning and environmental approvals
Big contractors withdrawing
Major banks reluctant to lend
National Perspective
Breaking New Ground Plan: Integrated Sustainable Human
Settlement Plan
Progressive Informal Settlement Upgrading
Promoting densification and integration
Enhancing location of new housing projects
Urban renewal and inner city regeneration
Expanding scope of the housing mandate
Developing social and economic infrastructure
Rental Housing
Provincial Perspective
Provincial Sustainable Human
Settlement Plan
Social and Human Capital Formations
Strategic Infrastructure Framework
Provincial Spatial Development
Framework
CITY’s PERSPECTIVE
INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT
PLAN
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Promoting spatial and racial integration:
Ensuring good quality environment:
Facilitating environmental considerations:
Mobilising and coordinating internal and external funding;
Communicating effectively and efficiently
Ensuring alignment within and between key role players within and
outside of government
Promoting access and mobility:
OBJECTIVES
Adequate shelter: 20 000 units pa 10 years (20042014).
Promoting better quality living environments
Ensuring spatial and racial integration , especially
within Urban Core
Ensuring housing is developed in line with the City
– wide Spatial Development Framework
Facilitating Private Sector participation
Mobilising and supporting communities
APPROACHES TOWARDS IHSP
Aligning with City – Wide Spatial Development
Framework
Aligning with the Urban Core Strategy
Improving settlement planning
Accelerating Housing Delivery
Facilitating mobility and Access
Strategically Managing Housing Assets
Integrating Community and Human Development
and
Integrating Economic Development and Job
Creation
SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT FRAMEWORK
Identify and acquire land
Greenfields projects represent provinces demographics
Promote mix income precincts
City land for corporate contribution
Target Gap market
Promote employer assisted housing
Small scale land development
Promote medium density schemes
Public Infrastructure investment
Prioritise City’s capital budget for IHS
URBAN CORE
Land Restitution
Technical and financial support to District Six,
Ndabeni etc
Mixed use development and residential
densification
Reflect provincial demographics
Social Housing
Strategic Sites
Underutilised facilities
ACCELERATING DELIVERY
Urban Core
New Housing Developments
Upgrading of Informal Settlement Areas
Area Based Urban Renewal
IMPROVED SETTLEMENT PLANNING
High level Cross Department Coordination
Multi functional design and monitoring
teams
Precinct Planning and Designs
Multi Term Planning – Scoping
HOUSING MANAGEMENT
Existing Rental Stock
New Rental Stock
Improving management
Consumer Education
Tenant Committees
Community based property entrepreneurs
Housing information and development centres
Integrated Economic Development and
Job Creation
Economic Drivers
Expanded Public Works Programme
Women headed developers and contractors
( 10%)
BEE Material Supply and Manufacturing
Incubation Programme: Skills Development
and Mentorship
INTEGRATED COMMUNITY AND
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
Improved communication
Information sessions
Consumer Education
Community mobilisation and support
PHP Groups
Savings Groups
Stokvels
Youth and Women organisation
FINANCE
Diversify funding sources
Low interest off shore loans
Pension funds
Community savings
Bridging loans
Create investor friendly lending environment
Intersectoral cross funding and subsidy ( DANIDA)
Link to Mega Projects( 2010 World Cup)
Leveraging of non housing sector funding( energy efficiency funding)
Grant funding( energy, greening)
ACCESS AND MOBILITY
Locate housing along transport corridors
( Klipfontein, Voortrekker)
Utilise vacant sites near public transport
interchanges
Educate on spatial densities and medium density
housing
RISKS AND DEPENDENCIES
Financial Availability
Land Availability
National housing policies
Statutory approvals
Resources
Private sector interest
THANK YOU
GUIDING PRINCIPLES
Promoting spatial and racial integration: Greenfield developments.
Demographics of the province departure point in line with the integrated data
base.
Ensuring good quality environment: Size , standard of units as well as its
surroundings. The precinct development planning and development approach
to be used in line with different categories of the data base
Facilitating environmental considerations: Energy efficiency , greening
projects and promoting environmental health- pollution prevention
Mobilising and coordinating internal and external funding; Gearing
private sector funding, promoting savings, attracting foreign funding, creating
incentives in respect of Urban Tax Incentives- SARS
Communicating effectively and efficiently: Communicating broadly with
stakeholders including consumers, opinion makers, NGOs and CBOs.
Housing Estate Offices to be transformed into development and information
centers.
Ensuring alignment within and between key role players within and
outside of government
Promoting access and mobility: Locate housing near transport corridors,
activity nodes in line with provincial and city’s infrastructure plan