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The national developer of choice supporting government in land acquisition and sustainable human settlement construction.
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.
CORPORATE OVERVIEW
About The HDA
The 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.
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.
Meet Our EXCO
The executive leadership team of the HDA driving implementation, planning, and operations across South Africa.
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.
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WORKPLACE CULTURE
Our Value Proposition
At the HDA, our strength lies in our people. We are a mission-driven organisation committed to transforming the human settlements landscape in South Africa. We recognise that this transformational work starts with a motivated, supported, and empowered workforce. Our Employee Value Proposition reflects our dedication to creating an environment where employees feel valued, inspired, and able to grow
At HDA, every role contributes directly to improving the lives of South Africans. Employees take pride in:
- Working on projects that restore dignity, create sustainable human settlements, and change communities for generations.
- Being part of national, provincial, and local interventions that bring real, measurable impact.
- Knowing their work aligns with a bigger purpose: nation-building and social transformation.
Driven by innovation
Empowered Developers' Roles:
- Providing continuous learning opportunities, training, and upskilling programmes.
- Creating opportunities for employees to broaden their expertise through crossfunctional projects and national deployments.
Driven by innovation
Empowered Developers' Roles:
- Providing continuous learning opportunities, training, and upskilling programmes.
- Creating opportunities for employees to broaden their expertise through crossfunctional projects and national deployments.
Driven by innovation
Empowered Developers' Roles:
- Providing continuous learning opportunities, training, and upskilling programmes.
- Creating opportunities for employees to broaden their expertise through crossfunctional projects and national deployments.
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
HDA Extends Care Beyond Housing For Gogo Shandu
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.
WORKPLACE CULTURE
Our Strategic Partners
