Underperformer Gauteng built about half its planned housing
The Department of Human Settlements says Gauteng and North West have underspent on their housing grants
Gauteng and North West are among provinces that are underspending on the human settlements grant.Parliament’s select committee on appropriations was briefed by the National Treasury‚ the Department of Human Settlements (DHS)‚ and the Western Cape‚ Limpopo and Gauteng provinces on the human settlements development grant for 2017-18.The Department of Human Settlements told the committee that the human settlement development grant allocation for the 2017-18 financial year was R19.9bn‚ while in 2017-16 the allocation was R18.3bn."It said that North West and Gauteng are among those provinces that are underperforming on spending the grant."Gauteng province set a target of 49,029 sites and units‚ but only delivered 25,468. Overall‚ the national shortfall is 41,444 sites and units for the 2017-18 financial year‚" the committee said.The National Treasury also informed the committee that provinces were underperforming on planned programmes‚ but are spending on unplanned programmes. "This sugg...
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