About The Housing Development Agency
The national developer of choice supporting government in land acquisition and sustainable human settlement construction.
About The Housing Development Agency
The Housing Development Agency (HDA) is a national organisation that supports the government in developing land and delivering human settlements across South Africa. The Agency works with provinces, municipalities, communities, and industry partners to plan, manage, and implement human settlements-related projects. Established through legislation and overseen by the Minister of Human Settlements, the HDA plays a key role in enabling sustainable and integrated settlement development.
HDA Act Section 7(1)(a)(1)
The Agency is legally empowered to perform all developers' roles.
Empowered Developers' Roles:
- Identifying, holding, acquiring, developing, and releasing state private and communal land for residential and community development.
- Ensuring collaboration and alignment among different spheres of government for housing development services.
- Land Assembly.
- Enhancing the capacity of organs of state (including skills transfer) to meet housing delivery needs.
- Undertaking project management services, including assisting with approvals and upgrading informal settlements.
- Leveraging additional assets, investments, and resources from other spheres of government.
Vision, Mission & Values
Vision
The HDA aims to be the leading public-sector developer, promoting secure, sustainable, and well-integrated living environments.
Mission
Our mission focuses on accelerating housing delivery, ensuring security of tenure, and promoting inclusion, particularly for groups such as women, youth, and persons with disabilities.
Core Values
The organisation operates on principles of performance, excellence, accountability, teamwork, and integrity.
Board Members
Meet the members of the Housing Development Agency Board of Directors, directing the strategic focus of the Agency.
Hosi Pheni Ngove
Ms. Nelisiwe Baai
Ms. Nalini Maharaj
Meet Our EXCO
The executive leadership team of the HDA driving implementation, planning, and operations across South Africa.
Mr. Bheki Khenisa
Ms. Joy Masemola
Mr. Phumlani Mbulawa
Corporate Social Investment
About HDA Cares
HDA CARES is the Corporate Social Investment programme of the Housing Development Agency, established to deliver structured, accountable, and sustainable community upliftment initiatives aligned to national development priorities.
Grounded in strong governance and guided by our CSI Framework, the programme advances education, youth development, community welfare, and support for vulnerable groups, particularly within communities where the HDA operates.
- Featured CSI Story
About The Housing Development Agency
Joyfulness, gratitude, and heartfelt emotion filled the day as the HDA team spent time with Gogo Sophie Shandu (103) and her family, constructing a safe and permanent home, and providing basic essentials through the HDA CARES Corporate Social Investment (CSI) programme.