Human Settlements
Question by:
Hon Matlhodi Maseko
Answered by:
Hon Tertuis Simmers
Question Number:
10
Question Body:
- Whether his Department has legislation planned for land evictions; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details;
- Whether his Department has programmes to educate new housing beneficiaries about the value of their property; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Answer Body:
- The current legislation namely Prevention of Illegal Eviction (PIE) Act, adequately addresses all issues of evictions.
- My department has a Housing Consumer Education (HCE) programme that focuses on empowering communities of their Rights, Roles and Responsibilities as new property owners. The programme inter-alia addresses the importance and need for a Will and pre-emptive right, that both speak to the property as an asset and the value it adds to the individuals and their families.
The programme is a National Government initiative that was established in Nov 2006 and was rolled out by my department during February 2007.
My department stipulates HCE as a basic requirement in all Housing Project approvals. Beneficiaries’ are required to attend a HCE training session before occupation. The programme is rolled out in all Human Settlements projects/ programmes in the different Municipal areas of the Western Cape Province.
Date:
Friday, April 17, 2020
