• Social Housing Act, 2008 (Act No. 16 of 2008)
  • Notice No. 1199 of 2008
  • Act
  • Preamble
  • Chapter 1 : Definitions and General Principles Applicable to Social Housing
    • 1. Definitions
    • 2. General principles applicable to social housing
  • Chapter 2 : Roles and Responsibilities
    • 3. Roles and responsibilities of national government
    • 4. Roles and responsibilities of provincial government
    • 5. Roles and responsibilities of municipalities
    • 6. Roles and responsibilities of other role-players
  • Chapter 3 : Social Housing Regulatory Authority
    • 7. Establishment of Social Housing Regulatory Authority
    • 8. Composition of Regulatory Authority
    • 9. Appointment of Council
    • 10. Staff of Regulatory Authority
    • 11. Functions of Regulatory Authority
    • 12. Powers of intervention of Regulatory Authority
  • Chapter 4 : Social Housing Institutions
    • 13. Accreditation of social housing institutions
    • 14. Functions of social housing institutions
    • 15. Management of social housing institutions
    • 16. Reporting by social housing institutions
  • Chapter 5 : General Provisions
    • 17. Just administrative action
    • 18. Financing of social housing
    • 19. Regulations
    • 20. Short title and commencement
• Regulations
  • Social Housing Regulations
    • Notice No. R. 51 of 2012
    • Chapter 1 : Interpretation and Definitions
      • 1. Definitions
    • Chapter 2 : Applications, accreditation, qualify criteria
      • 2. Application for accreditation
      • 3. Qualifying criteria for accreditation of social housing institutions
      • 4. Provisionally accredited social housing institutions at commencement of Act
      • 5. Register of social housing institutions
    • Chapter 3 : Compliance monitoring
      • 6. Reporting Requirements
      • 7. Annual approval of business plan and operational plan
      • 8. Permission to change documents
      • 9. Inspections
      • 10. Compliance declaration
      • 11. Forensic investigations and audit reports
      • 12. Internal review
      • 13. Transfer of social housing stock
      • 14. Disposal of social housing stock funded with public funds
      • 15. Monitoring performance of grants
      • 16. Withdrawal of accreditation
    • Chapter 4 : Code of conduct
      • 17. Status of Code of Conduct
    • Chapter 5 : Investment Criteria
      • 18. 
      • 19. Land and Service Criteria
      • 20. Housing Design Criteria
      • 21. Marketing Arrangement Criteria
      • 22. End User Agreement
      • 23. Rentals/Levies and Tenure Costs
      • 24. Financial Viability
      • 25. Governance and Management Criteria
      • 26. Management Capacity
      • 27. Financial Administration
      • 28. Building/Property Maintenance
      • 29. Accredited service providers
    • Chapter 6 : Entry, enquiry and seizure of documents
      • 30. Powers and duties of Regulatory Authority in respect of entry, enquiry or seizure of documents
    • Chapter 7 : Agreements
      • 31. Agreements with other delivery agents
      • 32. Agreements with provincial governments
      • 33. Agreements with the National Housing Finance Corporation
    • Chapter 8 : Offences and penalties
      • 34. Offences and penalties
      • 35. Short title
    • Annexures
      • Annexure A
      • Annexure B
• Notices
  • Provisional Restructuring Zones
    • Notice No. 848 of 2011
  • Threshold of primary and secondary market household income limit
    • Notice No. 59 of 2018
  • Adjustment of Income Bands for Social Housing
    • Notice No. 2009 of 2022
• Proclamations
  • Commencement of the Social Housing Act, 2008
    • Notice No. 55 of  2009
• Rules
  • Rules in respect of the Transfer of Social Housing Stock or Rights and the Disposal of Social Housing Stock, 2014
    • Notice 64 of 2015
    • 1. Definitions
    • Part I
      • 2. Purpose
      • 3. Applicable Principles
    • Part II : Transfer and Disposal of Social Housing Stock in terms of Regulation 13(2) and Regulation 14
      • 4. Procedure for transfers and disposals
      • 5. Lapsing or withdrawal of approval in respect of transfer application
    • Part III
      • 6. Procedure for transfers in terms of section 12(9)(c) and regulation 13(1)
    • Part IV : Miscellaneous Provisions
      • 7. Methods and times of delivery of documents
      • 8. Office hours of the Regulatory Authority
      • 9. Costs
      • 10. Title and commencement of rules
    • Forms
      • Form A : Application for approval of transfer of social housing stock in terms of Rule 4
      • Form B : Application for approval of disposal of social housing stock in terms of Rule 4
      • Form C : Application for extension of approval in respect of transfers and disposals in terms of Rule 5
      • Form D : Application for transfer of social housing stock or rights in terms of Rule 6
  • Rules on Long-Term Accreditation of Social Housing Institutions
    • Notice 624 of 2016
    • 1. Definitions
    • Chapter 1 
      • 2. Purpose
      • 3. General Principles
    • Chapter 2
      • 4. Accreditation Background
      • 5. Institutions that are required to be accredited
      • 6. Accreditation of social housing institutions
      • 7. Accreditation process
      • 8. Submission of accreditation application
      • 9. Institutional portfolio
      • 10. Accreditation criteria
      • 11. Assessment of accreditation application
      • 12. Audit visit
      • 13. Decision on accreditation
      • 14. Issuing of an accreditation certificate
      • 15. Re-application for Accreditation of a Fully accredited social housing institution
      • 16. Re-accreditation of a social housing institution granted conditional accreditation
      • 17. Withdrawal of accreditation
      • 18. Review process
    • Schedule A : Accreditation Criteria