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Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Property Practitioners Bill: adoption
20 Nov 2018
The Committee met to consider and finalise the Property Practitioners Bill and consider the Report of the Bill.
The Department of Human Settlements took the Committee through the bill clause by clause.
The Committee:
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Property Practitioners Bill: proposed amendments
14 Nov 2018
The Committee was taken though the cleaned A-List of the Property Practitioners Bill to see whether the proposed amendments that had been agreed on by Members the previous day had been amended accordingly.
Members agreed that what had been read to them was what they had proposed as amendments.
The ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Property Practitioners Bill: Department response to submissions & deliberations
13 Nov 2018
The Committee was in the process of looking at amendments to the draft Property Practitioners Bill after consultative stakeholder engagements, and after Members had looked at all the submissions and deliberated on them.
The Department ’s legal team took Members through the amendments. Of particular importance, there was now a ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Property Practitioners Bill: Department response to submissions & deliberations
7 Nov 2018
The Committee was briefed by the Department of Human Settlements (DHS) on the submissions made during the public hearings in Parliament and in the provinces during September on the Property Practitioners Bill.
The Department’s legal adviser provided details of the submissions from a wide range of stakeholders in the property, ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Gauteng Human Settlements Department turnaround strategy
30 Oct 2018
The Gauteng Department of Human Settlements (GDHS) briefed the Portfolio Committee on Human settlements the challenges that led to poor performance and the turnaround strategy put in place to remedy the situation; and further briefly updated the Committee on the progress of the Friendship Towns Petition.
GDHS Department has been ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
NHFC, NURCHA, RHLF, SHRA, NHBRC, HDA, CSOS 2017/18 Annual Reports, with Deputy Minister
10 Oct 2018
Annual Reports 2017/18
Six of the seven housing entities presented their Annual Reports: National Housing Finance Corporation (NHFC); National Urban Reconstruction and Housing Agency (NURCHA); Rural Housing Loan Fund (RHLF); Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA); National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC); Housing Development Agency (HDA); and Community Schemes Ombud Services ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements 2017/18 Annual Report, with AGSA & DPME and Minister & Deputy Minister present
9 Oct 2018
The Department of Human Settlements presented its 2017/18 Annual Report. Prior to the briefing the Office of the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) and the Department of Planning, Monitoring and Evaluation (DPME) presented on the audit outcome and the performance of the housing portfolio respectively. ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Department of Human Settlements Quarter 1 performance; North West Department recovery plan; with Minister
28 Aug 2018
The Department of Human Settlements (DHS) appeared before the Portfolio Committee to present its first quarter performance and expenditure report. The Minister said her Department was painfully aware of the important task they were entrusted with, of building houses for all South Africans. The Department had to improve all the time. The ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Property Practitioners Bill: briefing
26 Jun 2018
The Property Practitioners Bill aims to repeal the outdated Estate Agents Affairs Act of 1976 which did not cohere with current legislation. There were currently many barriers in place preventing the demographic of real estate agents to reflect the demographics of the country. The National Department of Human Settlements (NDHS) ...
Human Settlements, Water and Sanitation
Committee Report on Department of Human Settlements Budget
3 May 2018
The Portfolio Committee on Human Settlements met for consideration and adoption of the Committee Report on the Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan and Budget 2017/18 of the Department of Human Settlements: Vote 38. The Committee having been briefed by the Department and its entities on its strategic plans, annual performance ...