2022-w2845 - 11 November 2022

Sbuyiselwe Angela Buthelezi to ask the Ms. S.A Buthelezi (IFP) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements

Whether the natural disasters that have occurred recently have set her department back financially and in terms of plans that her department had at the start of the year, if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, what total (a) amount has her department spent overall in the attempt to provide victims of the disasters with adequate housing and (b) number of housing units will be established and distributed in each province?

Reply from the Ms. S.A Buthelezi (IFP) to ask the Minister of Human Settlements on 11 Nov 2022

a) All provinces are allocated the Provincial Emergency Housing Grant in anticipation of natural disasters. When the disasters happened there was a necessity to respond timeously to bring immediate relief to the victims. However, the application process that needs to be followed to access the emergency grant is not flexible enough to allow for a speedy response. In response, the National Department agreed to ...

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