NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO.1016
Mr N Sighn, (IFP) posed the following Questions to be Minister of Human
Settlements:
1) Whether provision has been made by the National Housing Scheme for
assistance for people in the R7 000 to R15 000 income category; if
not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
2) Whether any provinces have been allocated with funding for such
assistance; if not, why not, if so, what are the relevant details?
REPLY
1) The current National Housing Programme : Finance-Linked Individual
Subsidy Programme (FLISP) only caters for households earning up to
R700,00 per month.
However, the Department in collaboration with the relevant
stakeholders are in the process of finalizing the details of the R1
billion guarantee scheme that was announced by the President in his
State of the Nation Address. Coinciding with this initiative is the
revision of the Finance-Linked Individual Subsidy Programme, to align
with the current market requirements. Investigation will also assess
whether the current income cut-off margin of R7000,00 per month
requires re-consideration.
2) The annual Human Settlements/Housing vote allocation to provinces may
only be applied in terms of the provisions of the current National
Housing Programmes.