North West Department of Human Settlements
The mission of the North West Department of Human Settlements is to effectively plan, coordinate, provide and support the development of habitable integrated sustainable human settlements in the province.
The Department’s focus is on the creation of integrated and sustainable human settlements specifically the creation of housing opportunities, access to serviced sites, issuing of title deeds and resolution of tribunal cases. The formulation of South Africa’s Housing Policy commenced prior to the democratic elections, with the formation of the National Housing Forum.
This forum was a multi-party nongovernmental negotiating body comprising 19 members from business, the community, government, development organisations and political parties outside the government at the time. At these negotiations the foundation for the new government’s Housing policy were developed
and agreed to.
