Chairperson, a housing allocation strategy that prescribes the process of selection, evaluation and approval of housing subsidies to qualifying beneficiaries has been approved. One of the main changes to the allocation process is the fact that the process has been depoliticised. Municipal councillors, in particular, are no longer part of the selection process. The allocation process is as follows: As soon as the houses are ready for allocation and occupation, the project developer will request the National Housing Database administrator to provide contact details of a predetermined number of persons who are registered in the housing database. This process is strictly on a first come, first served basis.
Names are provided by the National Housing Database. These names will be given to the allocation committee comprising officials from the municipality and provincial housing, as well as the Human Settlements Department. The committee will evaluate the details of the persons provided by the National Housing Database. If a person satisfies the subsidy qualification criteria, they will then provide that name to the developer. The project developer will then invite the selected persons to complete housing application forms. Once the application forms are received, verified and evaluated by the allocation committee and found in order, they will then be presented to the MEC for final approval on behalf of the beneficiary.
The details of the officials who have been charged with or arrested for fraud and corruption regarding allocations will be made known at local government level. I thank you.