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Programme Description. The Department of Human settlements is currently embarking on a scheme to develop a number of catalytic housing projects. These projects are specifically aimed at addressing the housing backlog and to speed up the rate at which housing opportunities are delivered. With catalytic projects, the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) seeks to drastically reduce the number of projects by shifting their focus to large-scale developments. This will permit municipalities to address apartheid spatial planning and integrate development nodes within their municipal boundaries. Such projects will promote sustainable human settlements as opposed to the provision of housing. Catalytic housing projects differ from mega housing projects, as the focus is on creating sustainable human settlements, which has a variety of usages and are not only restricted to housing. Catalytic projects will consist of mixed usage spaces (commercial, residential and retail), which allow resident to work, participate in recreational activities and live in a single area. There are currently 48 catalytic projects in development, which will aim to provide 635 000 housing opportunities across the country by 2019. The construction sector is labour-intensive, currently accounts for about 2% of GDP, and is receptive to both local content requirements and the participation of SMMEs, women-owned enterprises and worker co-operatives. Consequently, social partners have agreed to a number of interventions to leverage growth of the construction sector so as to meet social and economic imperatives. Interventions • Government will contribute approximately R4bn to an Infrastructure Fund which will be used to stimulate economic growth and ensure improved household access to adequate housing in integrated human settlements; • The Infrastructure Fund will be leveraged to: Reduce the time required for housing project implementation; Reduce the risks for private-sector investment and thereby ‘crowd in’ private-sector commitments; • Government will seek investment partnerships with the private-sector to drive spatial transformation an improve socio-economic sustainability of these communities; and, • Government will investigate ways to strengthen local procurement and facilitate the emergence of SMMEs, women-owned enterprises and worker enterprises (including co-operatives) within these projects. Critical Success Factors • Government must release 7,400 hectares of well-located State-owned land and properties to encourage investment and partnership opportunities, • Ability to develop tailored institutional measures through public-private SPVs to ‘crowd in’ private-sector investments where appropriate and feasible; and, • That it is possible to reduce ‘red tape’ through the establishment of Transaction Support Centres. These Centres will also facilitate household and community access to investment and funding.

Programme Description. The Department of Human settlements is currently embarking on a scheme to develop a number of catalytic housing projects. These projects are specifically aimed at addressing the housing backlog and to speed up the rate at which housing opportunities are delivered. With catalytic projects, the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) seeks to drastically reduce the number of projects by shifting their focus to large-scale developments. This will permit municipalities to address apartheid spatial planning and integrate development nodes within their municipal boundaries. Such projects will promote sustainable human settlements as opposed to the provision of housing. Catalytic housing projects differ from mega housing projects, as the focus is on creating sustainable human settlements, which has a variety of usages and are not only restricted to housing. Catalytic projects will consist of mixed usage spaces (commercial, residential and retail), which allow resident to work, participate in recreational activities and live in a single area. There are currently 48 catalytic projects in development, which will aim to provide 635 000 housing opportunities across the country by 2019. The construction sector is labour-intensive, currently accounts for about 2% of GDP, and is receptive to both local content requirements and the participation of SMMEs, women-owned enterprises and worker co-operatives. Consequently, social partners have agreed to a number of interventions to leverage growth of the construction sector so as to meet social and economic imperatives. Interventions • Government will contribute approximately R4bn R4 billion to an Infrastructure Fund Fund, which will be used to stimulate economic growth and ensure improved household access to adequate housing in integrated human settlements; • The Infrastructure Fund will be leveraged to: Reduce the time required for housing project implementation; Reduce implementation and reduce the risks for private-sector investment and thereby ‘crowd in’ private-sector commitments; • Government will seek investment partnerships with the private-sector to drive spatial transformation an improve socio-economic sustainability of these communities; and, and • Government will investigate ways to strengthen local procurement and facilitate the emergence of SMMEs, women-owned enterprises enterprises, and worker enterprises (including co-operatives) within these projects. Critical Success Factors • Government must release 7,400 7 400 hectares of well-located State-owned land and properties to encourage investment and partnership opportunities, ; • Ability to develop tailored institutional measures through public-private SPVs to ‘crowd in’ private-sector investments where appropriate and feasible; and, and • That it is possible to reduce ‘red tape’ through the establishment of Transaction Support Centres. These Centres will also facilitate household and community access to investment and funding.

Programme Description. The Department of Human settlements is currently embarking on a scheme to develop a number of catalytic housing projects. These projects are specifically aimed at addressing the housing backlog and to speed up the rate at which housing opportunities are delivered. With catalytic projects, the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) seeks to drastically reduce the number of projects by shifting their focus to large-scale developments. This will permit municipalities to address apartheid spatial planning and integrate development nodes within their municipal boundaries. Such projects will promote sustainable human settlements as opposed to the provision of housing. Catalytic housing projects differ from mega housing projects, as the focus is on creating sustainable human settlements, which has a variety of usages and are not only restricted to housing. Catalytic projects will consist of mixed usage spaces (commercial, residential and retail), which allow resident to work, participate in recreational activities and live in a single area. There are currently 48 catalytic projects in development, which will aim to provide 635 000 housing opportunities across the country by 2019. The construction sector is labour-intensive, currently accounts for about 2% of GDP, and is receptive to both local content requirements and the participation of SMMEs, women-owned enterprises and worker co-operatives. Consequently, social partners have agreed to a number of interventions to leverage growth of the construction sector so as to meet social and economic imperatives. Interventions •  Government will contribute approximately R4bn R4 billion to an Infrastructure Fund Fund, which will be used to stimulate economic growth and ensure improved household access to adequate housing in integrated human settlements; •  The Infrastructure Fund will be leveraged to: Reduce the time required for housing project implementation; Reduce implementation and reduce the risks for private-sector investment and thereby ‘crowd in’ private-sector commitments; •  Government will seek investment partnerships with the private-sector to drive spatial transformation an improve socio-economic sustainability of these communities; and, • and  Government will investigate ways to strengthen local procurement and facilitate the emergence of SMMEs, women-owned enterprises enterprises, and worker enterprises (including co-operatives) within these projects. Critical Success Factors •  Government must release 7,400 7 400 hectares of well-located State-owned land and properties to encourage investment and partnership opportunities, • ;  Ability to develop tailored institutional measures through public-private SPVs to ‘crowd in’ private-sector investments where appropriate and feasible; and, • and  That it is possible to reduce ‘red tape’ through the establishment of Transaction Support Centres. These Centres will also facilitate household and community access to investment and funding.