The department had put together security measures on the ground in order to prevent the mushrooming of illegal houses which may have been too expensive. The HOD had a concern with the implementation costs of by-laws which were borne by the department instead of the City of Johannesburg. The department had set up a nodal point with 10 officials and people were coming to the nodal point office to supply information. Once the audit was available, the City of Johannesburg would install meters in relevant areas. Eleven suspects had been identified and were being profiled by the Hawks. The team had consolidated the number of properties under the department and submitted the information o the deeds office for verification.