During the 2017/18 Financial Year, a total of 135 981 housing opportunities (made up of 49 935 serviced sites and 86 046 houses/units) were delivered through the Human Settlement Development Grant (HSDG) by the nine provincial departments in conjunction with their respective municipalities.
Of the total number of housing opportunities, 86 046 were new houses that were built across the various national housing programmes, including 3 041 social, rental, hostel and institutional subsidy units which are not given to beneficiaries but remain government (municipal) or institutional rental housing stock.
In addition, the Finance-Linked Individual Subsidy Programme (FLISP) achieved an output of 1 964 beneficiaries who received subsidies and were able to obtain mortgage loans for their houses.
In summary, 81 041 houses were built and allocated to qualifying beneficiaries or recipients. Please see Annexure A for a detailed breakdown of housing allocation in each province.
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY QUESTION FOR WRITTEN REPLY QUESTION NUMBER: PQ 1853
DATE OF PUBLICATION: 01 JUNE 2018
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DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL: PROGRAMME AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT UNIT
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ANNEXURE A (PQ 1853): Houses Built for Approved Beneficiaries in 2017/18
See the link for Annexure A: