The delegation welcomed the presentation and commented as follows: 1. The provincial department should consider using alternatives sanitation rather than the Ventilated Improved Pit (VIP) latrine as lack of maintenance of those can become hazardous to communities. The province should have a provincial steering committee for sanitation to accelerate delivery especially in rural areas. The provincial department was advised to consult the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) for building materials which will help the department to reduce costs. 2. Greening needed to be fostered and the communities should be encouraged to look after their gardens and tree that were donated. Non-governmental organisations should be unleashed to make sure that every house is reached. 3. The housing allocation committee should assist in identifying the communities that are in need of houses and it should also work with municipalities. The committee should also assist in management of beneficiary list. 4. The contractors should not act on behalf of the councillors by handing over houses and giving beneficiaries' happy letters to sign. As most of the time those houses were not inacceptable conditions and some houses were not completed. 5. Despite the report presented, the National Home Builders Registration Council was still facing challenges with enrolments of projects. Most units were not enrolled with the Council. A report showing the number of houses enrolled, registered and inspected was requested to be forwarded to the Committee. 6. The department should not appoint the same contractors that constructed inferior work to do rectification. The department should also forward the list of all blocked projects to the Committee 7. The delegation requested the provincial department to forward a report in the Voucher Scheme programme that was piloted in Umhlontlo and Mzimvubu municipalities. It further requested that an exact number of houses that required rectification should be provided to the Committee. A list of planned projects with timeframes as well as the list of blocked projects should also be made available to the Committee.