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City of Johannesburg Inclusionary Housing Policy

1.What is your role in the property sector?
2.Which property development sector is applicable to you?
3.In your business/professional capacity, are/have you been active in the City of Johannesburg? Please elaborate on the nature of your activity.
4.If applicable, which type of residential property developments are you predominantly involved in?
5.Considering the objective of inclusionary housing to improve affordable housing delivery in well- located areas to foster social integration and access to economic opportunities for low-income households, should the private sector play a more prominent role in alleviating the affordable housing backlog in South Africa?

Please elaborate your answer.
6.Based on your answer in Question 5, should private developers be mandated to provide affordable housing as part of market-orientated residential developments in the City of Johannesburg? Please elaborate your answer.
7.As a stakeholder in the property development sector, how will this inclusionary housing policy affect  current/future development projects in which you are involved?
8.Considering the mandatory, City-wide approach to inclusionary housing provision in the City of Johannesburg, will the implementation of this policy have a positive or negative effect on the residential property market? Please elaborate your answer.
9.The inclusionary housing policy of the City of Johannesburg will -
10.What could be the potential positive effects of this policy on the City of Johannesburg? Please elaborate your answer.
11.What could be the potential negative effects of this policy on the City of Johannesburg? Please elaborate your answer.
12.As a residential property developer, how would you react to the implementation of this inclusionary housing policy in the City of Johannesburg? Elaborate your answer.
13.If applicable, what are the primary concerns relating to the implementation of the City’s inclusionary housing policy? Please elaborate on your answer.
14.What is your preferred option for inclusionary housing implementation? Explain your answer.
15.Which inclusionary housing mechanism may support the feasible implementation of the policy in the City of Johannesburg? Kindly explain your answer.
16.Option 1 of inclusionary housing implementation, as per the policy document, mandates that 30% of dwelling units in applicable residential developments are (i) social housing, (ii) FLISP housing, (iii) or housing with a rental cap of R2 100 (2018 prices). What are the primary concerns relating to the implementation of Option 1 in the City’s inclusionary housing policy? Please elaborate on your answer.
17.Options 2 and 3 of inclusionary housing implementation, as per the policy document, remove price/rental restrictions on inclusionary units in relevant residential development, while mandating delineated size restrictions on said units. With reference to Options 2 and 3, does the removal of price/rental restrictions add to the feasible implementation of the City of Johannesburg’s inclusionary housing policy? Explain your answer.
18.Furthermore, will restrictions on residential unit size, as proposed in Options 2 and 3, achieve the policy’s objective of providing affordable units to low-income households in perpetuity? Elaborate your answer.
19.Option 4 of inclusionary housing implementation is a negotiated outcome “to the satisfaction of Council”. This includes the submission of a development proposal from the private developer to City Transformation and Spatial Planning. Does the inclusion of this negotiation-based approach on a project-by-project basis add to the feasible implementation of the City’s inclusionary housing policy? Please elaborate on your answer.
20.Certain incentives are offered by the City of Johannesburg to offset increased private developer expenditure during inclusionary housing provision. This includes (i) increased Floor Area Ratio (FAR); (ii) increased density (du/ha); and (iii) reduced parking requirements for the inclusionary housing units. Are you of the opinion that these incentives will be sufficient in offsetting the increased cost to private developers? Please elaborate on your answer.
21.Which additional incentives would you suggest in support of the feasible implementation of the inclusionary housing policy?
22.A central objective of inclusionary housing is to foster socio-economic integration in urban areas. How would you describe the reaction of middle- to high-income housing consumers to the inclusion of affordable housing in certain new residential development in the City of Johannesburg? Please elaborate your answer.
23.The following section seeks to delineate certain policy amendment to support the feasible implementation of inclusionary housing in the City of Johannesburg and other urban areas of South Africa. This requires inputs from the private sector on matters relating to the appropriate inclusionary housing mechanisms, requirements, implementation methods, affordability ranges, and housing typology.

Based on your expertise, what is the appropriate approach to inclusionary housing implementation in the City of Johannesburg?
24.How should inclusionary housing requirements for applicable new residential developments be determined?
25.During the delivery of inclusionary housing, affordable units should be:
26.In determining the low-income recipients of the affordable units, the target household income should be:
27.The typology of affordable units in inclusionary housing developments should be (Please elaborate your answer):
28.If applicable, are there any remaining concern/suggestions regarding the implementation of inclusionary housing in the City of Johannesburg?
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