How implementation guidelines are seen to assist in the implementation of the project linked subsidy programme
Date
2011-10-21
Authors
Janse van Rensburg, Hendrik Jacobus
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Abstract
The Housing Subsidy Scheme in South Africa is directed by the implementation
guidelines contained in the National Housing Code 2000. These compulsory
guidelines are purpose made to cater for all development conditions. While the
guidelines prescribe detailed procedures for undertaking subsidised housing
projects, they also introduce control measures. Notwithstanding the evolution of
the implementation guidelines, the nature and content thereof have been criticised
by some. This research interrogates the aptness of Housing: MINMEC’s1 decision
in 2006 to move away from detailed compulsory implementation guidelines and to
introduce open ended implementation guidelines that allow for discretion at a
project level. Day to day implementers of housing projects express a need for
detailed prescriptive guidelines and value its contribution. This serves as a
barometer to determine the benefits of detailed compulsory versus open ended
implementation guidelines. The result of the research highlights the need to
address changing circumstances in the implementation guidelines, but makes the
case that compulsory implementation guidelines should apply.