The North West Department of Human Settlements has forked out more than R1.2 billion to reduce thehousing backlog in the province.
The department said it aims to accelerate access to housing and address homelessness in the province.
Reporting to the Provincial Legislature on Tuesday, North West MEC for Human Settlements Desbo Mohono said her department had directed the money towards delivering 16 816 housing units and unblocking 13 housing development projects.
In her presentation of the 2010/11 Annual Report to the Portfolio Committee on Local Government, Traditional Affairs and Human Settlements, Mohono said that 9 599 of the delivered housing units were part of the informal settlements eradication programme, while 3 688 addressed homelessness as part of the rural housing programme.
She said they have discontinued multiple allocations to contractors to minimise the risk of non-performance as part of correcting every past wrongdoing while striving to reach new targets set to accelerate the housing backlog in the province.
Mohono said she had completed one-on-one sessions with all municipalities to assess the state of housing delivery, challenges encountered and spell out targets and objectives towards implementation of the housing delivery turnaround plan.
“Intervention measures had been implemented to prevent the housing projects from being blocked.”
These include proper and adequate planning that takes into consideration elements and prerequisites to complete a project, strengthening project monitoring and inspection capacity, she added – BuaNews
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Its been long over due, I would request they focus in Zeerust and Lehurutshe, those areas have been neglected. Last time we went to the funeral for the Chief in Lekgophung, it was a disaster, the road is not tarred and they don’t have houses nor water. Please utilise that money wisely, go visit those areas and see the conditions people live in. - Providence
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