Department of Human Settlements

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Department of Human Settlements
List
  • 10 other official names:
  • Departement van Menslike Nedersettings (Afrikaans)
  • umNyango wezokuHlaliswa kwaBantu (Southern Ndebele)
  • iSebe lezokuHlaliswa koLuntu (Xhosa)
  • uMnyango Wezokuhlaliswa Kwabantu (Zulu)
  • Litiko Letekuhlaliswa Kwebantfu (Swazi)
  • Kgoro ya Madulo a Batho (Northern Sotho)
  • Lefapha la Bodulo ba Batho (Sotho)
  • Lefapha la Manno a Batho (Tswana)
  • Ndzawulo ya Vutshamo bya Vanhu (Tsonga)
  • Muhasho wa Madzulo a Vhathu (Venda)
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Department overview
TypeDepartment
Jurisdiction Government of South Africa
HeadquartersGovan Mbeki House, 240 Walker Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria, Gauteng, South Africa
25°45′29″S28°12′09″E / 25.75806°S 28.20250°E / -25.75806; 28.20250
Employees609 (2010/11)
Annual budget~ R22.5 billion (2011/12)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Department executive
  • Thabane Zulu, Director-General: Human Settlements
Child agencies
  • Servcon Housing Solutions
  • Thubelisha Homes
  • National Home Builders Registration Council
  • National Housing Finance Corporation
  • National Urban Reconstruction and Housing Agency
  • Rural Housing Loan Fund
  • Social Housing Foundation
  • Housing Development Agency
  • Social Housing Regulatory Authority
Key documents
  • Housing Act, 1997
  • Rental Housing Act, 1998
  • Social Housing Act, 2008
Website www.dhs.gov.za

The Department of Human Settlements (formerly the Department of Housing, and often referred to as DHS) is the department under the Ministry of Human Settlements of the South African government, responsible for matters relating to housing and urban development.

Its primary purpose is the implementation of the constitutional mandate that "everyone has the right to have access to adequate housing." It works in co-operation with the provincial governments, each of which has its own Human Settlements department, and with the municipalities.

As of 2021 the Minister of Human Settlements is Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane and her deputy is Pamela Tshwete. In the 2011/12 budget the department had a budget of around R22.5 billion and a staff complement of 609 civil servants. [1]

References

  1. ↑ "Vote 31: Human Settlements" (PDF). Estimates of National Expenditure 2011. Pretoria: National Treasury. 23 February 2011. ISBN   978-0-621-39863-2 . Retrieved 6 January 2012.


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