Social Housing Benchmark Meeting
The Social Housing Benchmark programme 2011 started in August and will end in March 2012. The program is a result of the cooperation between VNG International, SALGA and CMRA.
The second Social Housing Benchmark meeting was held in Pretoria on 8 and 9 November. During the meeting a panel made up of representatives from the Social Housing Benchmark Authority (SHRA), the National Association of Housing Organisations (NASHO), and from three Social Housing Institutions (Communicare, Madulammoho and JOSHCO) was formed. A lively panel discussion on downstreaming Rental Housing in South Africa was held. Downstreaming Rental Housing refers to the focus on lowincome groups, indigent households and the vulnerable with regard to the provision of Rental Housing.
SALGA & VNG meet to discuss local bilateral government programme
Municipal Barometer
The Municipal Barometer is coming soon!
CMRA and SALGA are currently working on creating the Municipal Barometer, which will be launched in 2012. The Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is co-funding the web site and the Development Bank of South Africa is providing some of the data. The goal of this project is to digitalize the level of municipal performance in the areas that have been benchmarked (i.e. HIV and AIDS, Public Participation and Housing), and to build on this with data from other sources, so that the South African municipalities can continue to compare, learn and improve via the E-platform provided by the Municipal Barometer.
Rental Housing Benchmark Meeting
Rental Housing benchmark meeting
On the 24th and 25th of November, CMRA hosted the final Rental Housing benchmark meeting in Pretoria. The Rental Housing benchmark is part of the LOGO South Country Programme for South Africa. The programme is implemented in cooperation with SALGA and aims to strengthen local government in the field of Rental Housing through capacity building.
