Human Settlement Programme

ESSENTIAL DOCUMENTS

Applicants are required to produce the following:

• Applicant and spouse’s Identity Documents
• Birth certificates of children
• Proof of income if working. (Salary Slip)
  Where to apply for Housing Subsidy
• Provincial Department of Human Settlements
• Local Municipality

QUALIFICATION CRITERIA

Who Qualifies?

To qualify you must:

• Be a South African citizen.
• Be contractually capable.
• Be married or habitually cohabit with a partner.
• Be single and have financial dependants.
• Earn less than R7 000.00 per month per household.
• Be a first time government subsidy recipient.
• Be a first time home owner.
• Single Military Veterans without financial dependant.
• Single aged persons without financial dependant.

– Online: Visit the Subsidy Administration Portal or the Human Settlements System Online, click on “My Housing Subsidy” and enter your ID number.

– Telephone: Call the Housing Hotline at 0800 146 873.

– Email: Contact the Department of Human Settlements at info@dhs.gov.za.