SA Affordable Housing March / April 2018 // Issue: 69 | Page 38

FEATURES
PROJECTS
Crèche with child-size ablutions and a fenced off, grassed play area.
Communal laundromat facilities are located centrally.
Other than the day-to-day challenges found on any
construction site, Tebogo Modishane, development
director of Instratin explains two obstacles specific to
Matlosana Gardens. Initial community resistance to the
project was fuelled by thoughts of infamous oppressive
regime hostels for migrant labourers that led to woefully
uninformed fears about personal safety and decrease in
property value. Modishane stresses that, while the
community is not quite fully on board yet, the process of
information dissemination is an ongoing one.
By far the costliest obstacle has been the inadequate
sewerage infrastructure for the development, which has
delayed the roll out of occupancy. To mitigate the risk of
delays to the project, Instratin, local and provincial
governments collaborated to expedite the implementation
of upgrades that are necessary to increase the capacity of
the outfall sewer line.
NOT ALL PLAIN SAILING
Two shops located adjacent to the laundromat.
EN
HOUSING SECURITY
The intended purpose of the development of Social
Housing is to provide adequate housing for low- to
medium-income earners and the developments are
intended to be maintained as social housing in perpetuity.
To ensure this is upheld, there are strict regulations to be
adhered to in line with policy and SHRA would have a
notarial deed of restriction to ensure that this
development is maintained for this purpose. Now, the
SHRA only funds around 65 to 70% and outstanding
30 to 35% capital that still needs to go into the project
will come from the developer by way of equity or debt,
depending on how they want to split it.
Modishane says 1 168 units have been provided over a
development period of about 26 months. This is an
impressive example of what can be achieved when the
government creates a favourable framework that
encourages private sector participation to help supply a
public need.
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AFFORDABLE
SA HOUSING
Site visit, from left to right: Thabiso Chabedi (IHS leasing
manager), Nonde Ndema (resident engineer), Lwazi Khumalo
(Instratin technical operations and architect), Tebogo
Modishane (Instratin development director) and
Tahane Mahlaole (IHS deal maker).