# Human Settlements and Housing Delivery

> Plan, finance and deliver housing and integrated human settlements that improve lives and communities.

- **Provider:** Afriskora Training Solutions
- **Category:** Urban Planning & Infrastructure
- **Duration:** 5 days
- **Formats:** classroom (cities across Africa), live virtual (Zoom/Teams), in-house for teams
- **Certificate:** Afriskora Certificate of Completion, verifiable online
- **Booking:** request dates and a quote; invoice and EFT payment
- **Web page:** https://afriskora.co.za/courses/urban-planning-infrastructure/human-settlements-and-housing-delivery
- **Request dates:** https://afriskora.co.za/request-training?course=human-settlements-and-housing-delivery

## Overview

Housing backlogs remain large across African cities. This course covers housing policy, settlement planning, housing finance and subsidies, project management of housing programmes, informal settlement upgrading, beneficiary management and building sustainable, integrated communities.

## Who should attend

- Human settlements officials
- Housing project managers
- Municipal planners and engineers
- Developers and NGOs in housing

## Learning outcomes

- Explain housing policies and programmes
- Plan integrated human settlements
- Structure housing finance and subsidies
- Manage housing projects and beneficiaries
- Upgrade informal settlements in partnership with communities

## Course outline

### Day 1: Housing policy

- Housing rights and policy
- Housing programmes
- Institutional roles
- Lessons from delivery

### Day 2: Planning settlements

- Integrated settlement planning
- Land acquisition
- Bulk infrastructure
- Social facilities

### Day 3: Finance

- Subsidy instruments
- Housing finance
- Rental and social housing
- Affordable housing models

### Day 4: Delivery

- Project management
- Contractor management
- Beneficiary management
- Quality control

### Day 5: Informal settlements

- Upgrading approaches
- Community participation
- Tenure security
- Action plan