Infrastructure

Question by: 
Hon Brett Herron
Answered by: 
Hon Tertuis Simmers
Question Number: 
8
Question Body: 

With a budget of R2,01 billion allocated to the Human Settlements Programme:

(1)(a) Aside from the Human Settlements Development Grant (HSDG) and the Informal Settlements Upgrading Partnership Grant (ISUPG), what other sources are being used to fund the Human Settlements Programme and (b) what elements of the Human Settlements Programme do these other sources of funding fund, (c) what is the target for BNG housing units for the 2026/27 financial year and (d) in which locations are the housing units going to be constructed;

(2) in which locations were the targeted 5 317 Breaking New Ground (BNG) housing units constructed that were funded through the HSDG in the 2025/26 financial year;

(3) whether priority will be given to land that has already been released for development; if not, (a) what are the reasons for not prioritising such land and (b) what factors inform the selection of sites for the construction of BNG housing units;

(4) with reference to housing construction projects not funded through the HSDG, (a) what is the targeted number of housing units to be delivered over the MTEF period and (b) in which locations are these housing units planned to be developed;

(5) whether priority will be given to land that has already been released for development; if not, what are the reasons for not prioritising such land?

Answer Body: 

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Date: 
Thursday, April 2, 2026
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