Housing Development Finance Conference 22 & 23 NOVEMBER, 2012 Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg, Johannesburg - moladi

1. Housing Development
Finance Conference
22 & 23 NOVEMBER, 2012
Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg, Johannesburg
Speaker Panel Include:
ØPierre Venter, General Manager: Human Settlement, Banking Association of
South Africa
ØSerenta Ramraj, Specialist Business Analyst, Sasol ChemCity
Ø Wesselo, Managing Partner, International Housing Solutions
Rob
Ø Kondos, Manager: Alternative Building Technologies, Absa
Joe
Ø Harris, Chief Executive Officer, Vela Building Solutions
Brent
ØHennie Botes, Chief Executive Officer, Moladi
Ø Pierre Malherbe, Chief Executive Officer, Calgro M3
Ben
Ø McHardy, Executive Director, Chartwell Group
Paul
Ø Vos, Chief Executive Officer, Waterfall Management Company
Willie
ØBertin Badiata, Managing Director, Citizens Finance
Objectives of the Conference
Objective 1: to find ways of investing in viable housing projects
Objective 2: to find ways of addressing housing finance challenges
Objective 3: to explore the importance of investing in alternative building technologies
Objective 4: Promoting partnerships with industry stakeholders
Job Titles:
Ø directors and managers
finance Øhousing investors
Øentrepreneurs in the built environment Ødevelopers/contractors
Øengineers Øhousing finance providers
Øarchitects Øinnovators and suppliers in the housing field
Ø and credit analysts
lenders Ø & Local Housing Finance Officers
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2. Housing Development
Finance Conference
22 & 23 NOVEMBER, 2012
Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg, Johannesburg
Conference Overview
T
here is a need for South Africa and Africa as a whole to transform its housing
finance systems. The onus lies on policy makers and stakeholders within the
housing finance fraternity to find cutting edge and innovative solutions to the
challenges in the sector. Housing Finance as an investment tool is tasked with the
responsibility of the provision of housing construction, maintenance and housing
projects in general.
One cannot however ignore the challenges in the sector. In South Africa,It is estimated
that close to , 2.4 million people are in need of formal housing, and it is estimated 25% of
households in South Africa have no access to housing due to challenges associated
with affordability. Shelter and housing needs for the largest section of the population
remain unfulfilled – with the need still growing. Government alone cannot address the
housing backlog alone without the support and partnership of the building industry.
Stakeholders in the housing industry on the one hand, are in need of finance in ensuring
that the housing backlog is addressed. They are the faced with myriad problems which
cannot be not be resolved overnight. Issues they encounter are varied, from lack of
finance to limited funding to name a few.
In the quest to secure finance and find alternatives that could ease the financial burden
on the housing front, there is a need to consider alternative building technologies that
could be cost-effective and fast track housing projects, increase energy efficiencies and
also a way of addressing the housing backlog. A paradigm shift is therefore required in
the housing finance sector. Factors such as economic stability, government investment
and financial backing of lending institutions are vital in growing the industry. Housing
finance is but one of many key elements that need to be in place for successful
housing delivery to occur.
It is against this background that this conference has organised to explore financing
options available to the housing sector to examine alternative building technologies
available and to find ways of addressing these challenges.

3. Housing Development
Finance Conference
22 & 23 NOVEMBER, 2012
Birchwood Hotel, Boksburg, Johannesburg
Programme
DAY 1: 22 NOVEMBER DAY 2: 23 NOVEMBER
State of housing finance in South Africa
08:00 Registration and early morning refreshments
09:00 Funding solutions for property entrepreneurs
·loan extensions by banks
09:00 Institutional investment in the Residential Housing Market
·partnership approach
Rob Wesselo, Managing Partner, International Housing
Solutions ·linkages to other institutions
· business and financial skills development
09:45 Embracing alternative building technologies as a cost- Bertin Badiata Managing Director, Citizens
effective tool in addressing housing needs Finance
Hennie Botes, Chief Executive Officer, Moladi
10:30 Mid Morning Refreshments 09:50 Modular building technology- a cost-effective
approach
11:00 Housing Development and End-User Finance Brent Harris, CEO, Vela Building Solutions
· end-user fiancé
· lessons learned since 1995
10:40 Mid Morning Refreshments
Willie Vos, Chief Executive Officer, Waterfall Management
Company
11:45 Guidelines on alternative building technologies 11:10 Strategic development and finance advisory
· building systems or components solutions to key housing stakeholders
· using different types of materials other than conventional Paul McHardy, Executive Director, Chartwell
· structurally engineered requirements Group
· meeting national housing requirements
· meeting environmental regulations
· rapidly deployed for housing structurally sound and cost
effective systems 12:00 Lunch
· socially acceptable/bank finance
Joe Kondos, Manager: Alternative Building Technologies,
Absa
13:00 Low cost housing construction projects
12:30 Lunch Ben Pierre Malherbe, Chief Executive Officer,
Calgro M3
13:30 Developing and devising strategies in establishing viable
alternative building technologies
Serenta Ramraj, Specialist Business Analyst, Sasol 14:00 Closing remarks by chairperson
ChemCity
14:15 Sustainability issues in housing finance
· price distortion
· increase in demand
· perverse incentives
Pierre Venter, General Manager: Human Settlement,
Banking Association of South Africa
15:00 Closing remarks by chairperson