Motivation for a Managed Land Settlement Programme Ronald

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Motivation for a Managed Land Settlement Programme Ronald Eglin August 2018

Motivation for a Managed Land Settlement Programme Ronald Eglin August 2018

Introduction • East London based NGO • > 25 years experience • Promoting active

Introduction • East London based NGO • > 25 years experience • Promoting active citizenship and good governance • Supporting communities, & citizens to effectively engage with the state www. afesis. org. za

1. Millions of people still live in poor conditions 2. 1 million households still

1. Millions of people still live in poor conditions 2. 1 million households still live in poor conditions despite government building more than 2. 5 million houses over 20 years 2. It will take decades to build houses for all these people It will take almost 20 years to address backlog at present delivery rates of 118, 000 houses a year (excluding new demand) South Africa’s Housing Conundrum, SAIRR, @liberty, No 4, 2015/6 October 2015/Issue 20: http: //irr. org. za/reports-and-publications/at. Liberty/files/liberty-2013 -south-africas-housing-conundrum

A. Present Options 1. Wait for RDP house 2. Invade land B. New Option

A. Present Options 1. Wait for RDP house 2. Invade land B. New Option 3. Allow people to settle on land in organised manner

At start: provide basic services & basic tenure - so people can move onto

At start: provide basic services & basic tenure - so people can move onto land Managed Land Settlement Over time: provide development support – so people can improve their own houses 5

Incremental settlement Upgrading informal settlement (UISP) Managed land Settlement (MLS) Site and service Plot

Incremental settlement Upgrading informal settlement (UISP) Managed land Settlement (MLS) Site and service Plot and basic service

The Managed Land Settlement Process Community ‘co-driving’ 1 Community ‘driving’ 2 3 Prepare for

The Managed Land Settlement Process Community ‘co-driving’ 1 Community ‘driving’ 2 3 Prepare for development Basic development Government ‘co-driving’ Government ‘driving’ Community ‘driving’ 4 Aided self help 5 Upgrading On-going development Government ‘driving’ http: //afesis. org. za/managed-land-settlement/

Basic Development Basic Organising Basic Planning Basic Services Basic Tenure 8

Basic Development Basic Organising Basic Planning Basic Services Basic Tenure 8

Basic Tenure Social unit - Head of household - Family - Extended family -

Basic Tenure Social unit - Head of household - Family - Extended family - group Land Records System Nationally constituted & locally administered Land rights - Occupy - Use for purpose - Transfer - Bequeath, etc Evidence Piece of paper - Occupation & Use Rights(OUR) certificate (similar to PTO) Land Records Act - Proposed by HLPKL Spatial unit - Cloud - Point - Plot (GPS) - Erf (Land survey) Why? - Cheaper to set up & maintain - Linked to Deeds Registration system (both directions)

Aided self help Housing support – Help households to build or organise the building

Aided self help Housing support – Help households to build or organise the building of their own houses Social support Business support – Help construction and other businesses to start or expand – Help children, youth, the aged, the infirm and people with disabilities, orphans, women’s groups, neighbourhood residents, cultural groups, etc to address their needs

Get more land – over shorter period of time Past Future - 4 to

Get more land – over shorter period of time Past Future - 4 to 5 times more land needed to get to aided self help - Identify incremental settlement areas in SDF’s - Municipalities develop and implement a land acquisition programme - Increase the budget for land acquisition - Improve capacity for land acquisition (negotiate, expropriate, land swops, land pooling and readjustments)

Critique & response Its better than people living in informal Can’t move person from

Critique & response Its better than people living in informal Can’t move person from one shack to another. settlements & people can start to invest in their It creates slums. own houses as have tenure security Yes, but can have smaller plots and other It encourages urban sprawl. programmes like Social Housing and CRU Today’s edge is tomorrows well located. Will There is not enough good land for everyone & need to redirect human & financial resources to it will be expensive land acquisition & explore innovative tools (land swaps, expropriate).

Motivation for MLS Just give us land we will build our own houses. –

Motivation for MLS Just give us land we will build our own houses. – homeless movement It provides an alternative to invasion and service delivery protests. – municipalities It’s easier to upgrade later – engineers

Past MLS – not new Incremental Housing Cluster Gauteng Department of Housing from 1994

Past MLS – not new Incremental Housing Cluster Gauteng Department of Housing from 1994 to about 2003, including the Mayibuye Programme 4 -Peg Policy Port Elizabeth Municipality (now NMM), over a period of approximately 9 years from the early 1990’s Accelerated Managed Land Settlement Cape Town Metropolitan Municipality from about 1999 Programme to 2005 Now http: //www. urbanlandmark. org. za/research/x 47. php Gauteng Rapid Land Release Programme Gauteng Dept Human Settlements, to be launched 31 August 2018 - state (& other) land/ buildings for settlement and urban agriculture Ethiopia Urban Expansion Initiative Ethiopian government, partnering with academics and others, started in 2013 as pilot in 4 cities.

New momentum for MLS In past: Lack of political will We will build houses

New momentum for MLS In past: Lack of political will We will build houses for everyone Now: Recognition of need for change In line with the NDP, we will help you get a house, starting with a piece of land with services

Recommend two prong approach Upgrading of informal settlements - on land people already occupying

Recommend two prong approach Upgrading of informal settlements - on land people already occupying Managed Land Settlement - on new land Build on existing Upgrading informal settlement subsidy programme Introduce a new Managed Land Settlement subsidy programme

Thanks Managed Land Settlement contributes to Governments land redistribution targets & housing targets http:

Thanks Managed Land Settlement contributes to Governments land redistribution targets & housing targets http: //afesis. org. za/managed-land-settlement/ info@afesis. org. za 043 7433830