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2009 Workshops

1. September 2009

Workshops are held on a regular base, 4 times annualy. This year, we are looking forward to hold quiet some exciting Workshops...

Study Tour Report on Social Housing in Holland 2002

1. June 2009

The main purpose of the visit was to give South African social housing practitioners and professionals an overview of how the parties involved in social housing delivery process work together what challenges they are faced with and what strategies they have in dealing with these challenges.

Experience social housing in the Netherlands

4. April 2009

SHiFT is organising an eight day study tour of the Netherlands social housing sector and is making 14 places available to those interested in accompanying us.

2009 Site Visits

11. November 2008

Since 2007, SHiFT aims to hold about 6 site visits dealing with social housing issues. Often they come...

2008 Workshops

11. November 2008

Some of the workshops included a site visit and differed in focus with subjects such as density and 10 years of social housing. Click Images for more Information. Innovation Hub - Shosanguve, Tshwane (October) Purpose The purpose of the meeting is to discuss quality as one of the cornerstones of social rental housing, define a number of quality standards, [...]

2007 Workshops

11. November 2008

In this year, we ve been running 2 very exciting Workshops. The Objectives were, that at the end of the workshop the participants will have: - A clear understanding of the concepts of Restructuring Zones and Inclusionary Housing as part of the BNG. - Have mapped out the opportunities and challenges of these...

2006 Workshops

11. November 2008

Good Governance (Sept+Nov) Please Note: We apologize, this section is work in progress, more information will be added soon! Densification in Housing: Debating the Issues (September) Objectives of the workshop To share existing information and research on housing densification initiatives, projects and approach in South Africa; - To identify factors and /or approaches that would support housing densification in [...]

2005 Workshops

11. November 2008

High Density Alternatives for fully subsided housing (October 2005) In this years Ws, particitents learned about: Government Policy - Residential Densification Responses to Date Motivation for the Case Studies Missionvale Sakhasonke Village Comparative Analysis m The Workshop included 2 Case studies, the first on Sakhasonke Village and the second on Missionvale. Click Image to gain detailled information on the 2005 Ws. (please note: size of pdf-document [...]

2004 Workshops

11. November 2008

The Role of the Professional in the Development Process of Social Housing (Feb 2004) This Ws took place at the Wits Club Johannesburg. Purpose The purpose of the workshop is to analyse the current situation in the development process of social housing projects and the role of the professionals therein and determine ways in which professionals can [...]

2003 Workshops

11. November 2008

Workshop with Dumisani Mhlaba & Rodney Roy Harber on Tula Mountain Project - Durban (November 2003) A group of committed and informed professional in social housing was seen on that Ws, including Rodney Roy Harber. Get to know the person by clicking the image. In the Ws the following issues were explored: - Social Housing [...]

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