That Subcouncil 10 supports and note the following recommendations:

a)    The small scale rental market be recognized by the City as an important housing sector that can supply affordable rental accommodation at scale and as such makes an important contribution to the provision of affordable rental accommodation.

b)    The Executive Director Spatial Planning and Environment be authorized to initiate the process to amend the Zoning Scheme in areas where the City would like to encourage this form of development by either creating an overlay zone or introducing small scale rental units as an additional use within the SR2: Incremental Housing zone;

c)    The Executive Director Spatial Planning and Environment be authorized to draft a menu of proto typical building plans for small scale rental units from which an owner could choose and submit with a site plan for approval to the City in terms of the National Building Regulations;

d)    The Executive Director Spatial Planning and Environment be authorized to introduce similar arrangements in the submission of building plans for small scale rental units as the current arrangement for Atlantis Industrial Area where building plans are prioritised and building plan fees are not charged, subject to the participation property’s rates and services payments to the City being up to date;

e)    The Executive Director Water and Waste be authorized to apply for USDG funding to increase the infra structural service capacity on a phased basis in these areas identified where the City wishes to encouraged this form of development;

f)      The Executive Director Spatial Planning and Environment be authorized to establish a list of accredited small scale local building contractors through the use of existing private sector structures, i.e Master Builders Association;

g)    The Chief Financial Officer be authorized to petition Central Government to consider making housing subsidies available to individual property owners who develop small scale rental units on their properties on the same basis as the current social housing subsidies or a variation thereof; 

h)    The Executive Director Spatial Planning and Environment in liaison with the Chief Financial Officer be authorized to facilitate the establishment of a list of accredited registered credit providers interested in financing small scale rental unit developments on individual properties like uMastandi;

i)     The Executive Director Spatial Planning and Environment in liaison with the Chief Financial Officer be authorised to approach the traditional financing houses to raise the possibility of them financing the roll out of this proramme;

j)     The Executive Director Spatial Planning and Environment be authorised in liaison with Sub Councils to commence with a series of comprehensive workshop sessions in targeted areas to create the necessary awareness of the benefits of small scale rental units to individual property owners as well as potential tenants.  Accredited small local building construction firms and accredited registered credit providers should form part of this outreach programme; and

k)    Further progress reports be submitted by the Executive Director Spatial Planning and Environment to keep the Portfolio Committee up to date with progress on the recommended actions above.  

For Action:     L Nobata; S Makhuleni              .