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PAST WORKSHOPS
2008 Workshops
Best Practice Workshop on Municipalities and Social Housing
20 & 21 Nov 2008
The purpose of the workshop was to map out the relationship between social housing institutions, municipal and other social rental delivery agents and the municipality, to share best practice that have been established over the years and to come up with a number of recommendations to enhance the relationship in order to ensure implementation of the National Social Rental Housing Strategy.
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Best Practice Workshop on Asset Management
23 & 24 October 2008
The purpose of the workshop was to explore asset management as one of the key strategic tools for social housing institutions and other social rental housing delivery agents to be used in ensuring long term sustainability for the company.
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Best Practice Workshop on Rental Administration
16 & 17 September 2008
The purpose of the workshop was to to outline the best practices in rental administration in terms of administrative process, pro-active approaches to rental collections and strategies to deal with default and to come up with some recommendations.
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Social Housing Foundation Supply, Demand and Trends
10 September 2008
The delivery of quality, affordable, well-located rental housing is a critical, if one of several responses to the current housing shortage and to the need to transform our urban environment.
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Best Practice Workshop on Relationships between the Landlord, Tenants and Community Development
12 & 13 August 2008
The purpose of the workshop was to explore the relationship of a social housing institution with its clients and the communities that surrounds their projects, identify best practices of the sector and come up with recommendations.
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2007 Workshops
2006 Workshops
Project Viability Study Workshop
26 & 27 October 2006
Project feasibility is critical to stock development and is one of the most important procedures contained within the stock development process. The SHF has subsequently identified the need to develop a tool that will assist SHIs with determining financial feasibility of a project.
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View the Background Information
Download the Project Viability Study Guidelines
Information Session: The National Credit Act & the National Credit Regulator
12th October 2006
Information Session on The Credit Act, The National Credit Regulator and information on how to operationalise the Act in your organisation.
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View Workshop Report
Credit Act FAQ
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Densification in Housing Workshop
13 September 2006
 
  The purpose of the workshop was to share existing information and research on housing densification initiatives, projects and approaches to South Africa. It also identified factors and approaches that would support housing densification in South Africa.
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View "Densification, Why & Where?" Presentation
View "Higher Density Alternatives For Subsidised Housing" Presentation
View "Densification in Housing:Debating the Issues" Presentation
View "Summary of Medium-Density Housing" Presentation
Construction Management Good Practice Workshop
5th & 6th June and 10th & 11th July 2006
The SHF has identified the need to enhance and further develop the skills and knowledge of the co-operative sector in terms of
construction management.
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View the Programme: Part One
View the Programme: Part Two
Download the Construction Management Guidelines
XXXIIIIAHS World Congress on Housing 2005: Post Congress Workshop
28 February 2006
Following on from the XXXIII World Congress on Housing in Sept 2005, Shift and the University of Pretoria hosted this joint initiative, "Transforming housing environments through design"
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View "Design strategies of low-income housing" Presentation
View "Gearing up: Implications for Professionals" Presentation
View "Exterior Space In Sustainable Urban Places" Presentation
View "The New Social Housing Policy" Presentation
View "New Developments and Finance" Presentation
2005 Workshops
SHF Co-operative Housing Sector Programme Workshop
10 November 2005
View "Can Co-operative Housing Break New Ground?" Speech
View "Summary of Days Proceedings" Presentation
View "Hostels to Homes" Presentation
View "co-operative housing movement on the ground" Presentation
View "Emerging Co-operative Housing Models" Presentation
View "Co-operatives Programme (DTI)" Presentation
View "Lessons from Amalinda co-op Settlement Project" Presentation
View "The Status and Institutional Development Needs" Presentation
View "Norwegian Participation in the SA sector" Presentation
View the Conference Photos
"Stock Maintenance" Training Workshop
12-14 September 2005
The Workshop was held on 12-14 September 2005 in the SHF offices for Social Housing Institutions.
View the Learner's Reference Manual
View the Training Facilitator's Guide
View the Report
View the Background Information and Programme
"Stock Development" Training Workshop
14-16 September 2005
The Workshop was held on 14-16 September 2005 in the SHF offices for Social Housing Institutions.
View the Learner's Reference Manual
View the Training Facilitator's Guide
View the Report
View the Background Information and Programme
Best Practice Workshop on the Relationship between Social Housing Institutions & Tenants
30 - 31 August 2005
The objectives were to define the relationship in terms of legislative requirements, key aspects, tools & methodologies, roles & responsibilities of stakeholders, internal & external control mechanisms,and other issues that have an (indirect) impact.
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View the Presentation Slides
Best Practice Workshop on the Generic Lease Agreement
17 May 2005
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Best Practice Workshop on Monitoring & Evaluation
24 - 25 February 2005
The key focus of the workshop was on information management and the indicators needed by an SHI to manage its operations. The other issue that was covered in the workshop was a report back on the development of the various policy documents for the key operational areas.
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2002 Workshops
Best Practice Workshop on Financial Reporting
3 & 4 December 2002
The purpose of the workshop was to discuss and exchange experiences on financial reporting by social housing institutions to their boards and other important stakeholders in order to ensure effective and efficient financial reporting.
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View the Notes
Best Practice Workshop on Systems and Procedures for SHI's
20 - 22 February 2002
The workshop's objectives are to give the participant a clear understanding of the process of developing procedures and be able to develop procedures for their own social housing institution.
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Best Practice Workshop on Upgrading and Conversion of Existing Stock
16 - 18 May 2001
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SHF Best Practice Workshop on Guidelines for Social Housing Design
5 - 7 April 2000
The main objective of the workshop was to identify the relevant guidelines and to see if they are applicable to existing projects.
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