The Department of Human Settlements (the Department) was invited to brief the Committee on its readiness to implement the 2014 grant allocations as per the 2014 Division of Revenue Bill. In addition, the Department was requested to report on the progress made on the devolvement of the human settlements function to local government and the overall progress on the municipal accreditation programme. The Department briefed the Committee on alignment and coordination in the implementation of the sanitation services programme and the effect of revisions to the Human Settlement Development Grant (HSDG).