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GLOSSARY
Social housing professionals sometimes speak in acronyms - for example,
calling the Social Housing Foundation the SHF. Here are some terms often
used to help you decode social housing speak:
ASAQS - Association of South African Quantity Surveyors
ASHCO - Alexandra Social Housing Company
BCC - Black Construction Council
BEHA - Buffalo Entrepreneurial Housing Association
BESG - Build Environment Support Group
BIFSA - Building Industries Federation of South Africa
BOD - Board of Directors
CDSM - Community Development Services & Management
CETA - Construction Education & Training Authority
CHA - Co-operative Housing Foundation
CHF - Cooperative Housing Foundation
CIDB - Construction Industry Development Board
COPE - Cope Housing Association
CSIR - Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
CTCHC - Cape Town Community Housing Company
DAG - Development Action Group
DBSA - Development Bank of Southern Africa
DIGH - Dutch International Guarantees for Housing
DoH - Department of Housing
DPLG - Department of Local and Provincial Government
DPSA - Department of Public Services and Administration
DTI - Department of Trade and Industry
ELHMC - East London Housing Management Co-operative
FMHC - First Metro Housing Company
GGICHC - Greater Germiston Inner City Housing Corporation
GMHA - Greater Middelburg Housing Association
GPF - Gauteng Partnership Fund
HAB - Housing Association Blaauwberg
HAEL - Housing Association East London
HC - Housing Co-operative
HLGC - Home Loan Guarantee Company
HMC - Housing Management Company
HSRC - Human Science Research Council
ICA - International Co-operative Alliance
ICASA - Independent Communications Authority of South Africa
IDP - Integrated Development Plan
IDT - Independent Development Trust
IHSA - Institute for Housing Southern Africa
JHC - Johannesburg Housing Company
JOSHCO - Johannesburg Social Housing Company
KHA - Khululeka Housing Association
KWTHA - King Williams Town Housing Association
MDB - Municipal Demarcation Board
MEC - Members of Executive Committees
MHA - Msunduzi Housing Association
NASHO - National Association of Social Housing Organisations
NBBL - Norske Boligbyggelags Landsforbund
(The Norwegian Federation of co-operative housing associations)
NCASA - National Co-Operatives Association of South Africa
NDA - National Development Agency
NEDLAC - National Economic Development and Labour Council
NHBRC - National Home Builders Registration Council
NHFC - National Housing Finance Corporation
NORAD - The Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation
NURCHA - National Urban and Reconstruction Housing Agency
OHHA - Own Haven Housing Association
P&DM - Wits University Graduate School of Public Development Management
PHP - Peoples Housing Process
PHPT - People Housing Partnerships Trust
RDP - Reconstruction and Development Program
REAM - Real Estate Asset Management
ROOFTOPS - Rooftops Canada
SAACE - South African Association of Consulting Engineers
SABS - South African Bureau of Standards
SACCOL - Savings & Credit Cooperative League of SA
SAFCEC - South African Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors
SAHCA - South African Housing Co-operative Association
SAIA - South African Institute of Architects
SAICE - South African Institution of Civil Engineering
SALGA - South African Local Government Association
SAQA - South African Qualifications Authority
Section 21 - Non-profit organisation
SERVCON - Servcon Housing Solutions
SHA - Social Housing Association (also called an SHI)
SHF - Social Housing Foundation
SHI - Social Housing Institutions (also called an SHA)
SOHCO - Social Housing Company
SPSH - Support Programme for Social Housing
TAT - Transaction Advisors of Treasury
THA - Tygerberg Housing Association
TRG - Technical Resource Group
TUHF - Trust for Urban Housing Finance
UNCHS - United Nations Committee for Human Settlements
USAID - American Aid Agency
VHA - Vukuzakhe Housing Association
YCH - Yeast City Housing
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