Infrastructure and the service delivery function need to complement each other in order to promote efficiency, employment and integrated development. Government continues to prioritise spending on housing with a goal to eradicate informal settlements. The budget makes provision for an increase in subsidy and for additional houses to be built. As a way of investing in infrastructure, the Municipal Infrastructure Grant (MIG) received an additional budget of R2.5 billion, increasing to R45.9 billion over the medium term. The Neighbourhood Development Partnership Grant will receive additional resources over the three-year period. These are for regeneration of townships projects. A total of R8.2 billion is added to local government equitable share over the MTEF period to cater for the increased costs of bulk services.