Department of Human Settlements

Department of Human Settlements
Department overview
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)
Type	Department
Jurisdiction	Government of South Africa
Headquarters	Govan Mbeki House, 240 Walker Street, Sunnyside, Pretoria Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, Minister of Human Settlements
Deputy Minister responsible	Pam Tshwete, Deputy Minister of Human Settlements
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) is the department under the Ministry of Human Settlements, of the South African government responsible for 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^[update] 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 R22 578 000 000 and a staff complement of 609 civil servants.^[1]

References

^ "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.