Housing Pre-Finance: Gauteng and North West

This project sees the pre-financing of homes in Gauteng and North West by uTshani. Recovery of funds from Government is based on milestone achievements. The project aimed to benefit 500 beneficiaries – all active members of the Federation (FEDUP). 265 houses, 264 toilets and 528 water taps have been constructed. Doornkop and Orange farm fall under the city of Jannesburg and Duduza falls under the City of Ekurhuleni in Gauteng. This is an in situ project with the beneficiaries already having serviced erf’s and in some instances, like in Doornkop and Orange farm, all have title deeds. The plots have running water and electricity. 50m² brick and mortar houses with steel and corrugated sheeting roofing have been constructed. Each house has a kitchen, two bedrooms, a bathroom (with bath, hand basins and toilet), and a living room. It has two big windows in the front and a window for every room to allow sufficient lighting and ventilation. Houses are plastered inside and outside. Bulk infrastructure as well as internal water and electrification was also installed. Tarred and gravel roads were also built were necessary. The project was carried out under the Enhanced Peoples’ housing process (ePHP), a government housing policy. Construction was bigger than the government developer units which vary from 36m² to 40m². This is made possible by the sweat equity, the savings and the UPFI. Households now enjoy the benefits of improved living conditions, regarding social and hygienic aspects. Community based builders and labourers were given onsite bricklaying training by uTshani’s technical supervisor and National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC). uTshani and FEDUP also gave training on skills such as project management, book-keeping, storekeeping, and technical supervision.  Project implementation took place under the stewardship of community construction management team (CCMT).