Lack of required capacity of provincial department and its municipalities to manage the Housing Beneficiary List and credible Housing Subsidy System (HSS) was of concern. This meant that the Housing Beneficiary List could be easily manipulated by officials (as had been witnessed in many municipalities). There were reports of unruly individuals who vandalised and illegally occupied houses in order to jump the queue of the Housing Beneficiary List. The under-spending persisted to be a common challenge for most municipalities despite the dire need for housing, sanitation and other services. There were houses that were built in isolation of social amenities such as clinics, schools, and playgrounds. Many projects were not subjected to geotechnical studies and were subsequently blocked thus resulting in poorly constructed houses that require rectification. Houses are built without sanitation facilities or pit toilets and the Committee does not approve this kind of a system or facility. Most municipalities in the province had capacity constraints in areas of technical expertise that is town planners, engineers etc. Many communities had no basic services like running water, electricity and refuse removal. In the delivery of Community Residential Units, the provincial department was moving at a snail pace as far as reaching the targets. Discrepancies in the reported figures for housing backlog and housing needs were noted. The late allocation of Disaster Relief Fund in the 2011/12 financial year resulted in the fund not been spent. The rectification of rectified houses was also a concern. Lack of public participation was raised as great concern, as it is a Constitutional imperative for people to participate in decision making on their development or service delivery undertaken in their area. Decision taken in very important governance structures are not honoured and respected such as the adoption of Macro Coordinated and Alignment Framework by MinMec, however it appeared as a talk show as it is not implemented. The commitment by the province in empowering women and youth contractors was very much commendable. The decision by the MEC to take over the implementing status from the municipalities that were not accredited was also applauded to, as that was compromising service delivery.