Members of the Public

Occupants and beneficiaries

Data Collection

When an occupancy survey is conduced, the occupant of the property is consulted in order to complete the survey. At the same time supporting documents are collected. Supplying the necessary documents is the responsibility of the occupant / beneficiary.

Validation & Transfer

Should further information be required in order to move toward deed registration, it is the responsibility of beneficiaries or occupants to provide this information.

The recipient of the subsidy property must also sign the Sales Agreement and provide necessary documents and certificates to support lodgement at the Deeds office.

Title Deed Handover

Once the title deed is issued the owner must accept the title deed for the property and is responsible for keeping the document safe. In addition, it is strongly recommended that the owner prepare a will if he or she does not already have one.

Community

At the start of the enumeration process, the community must be made aware that enumerators will be going door to door in the area to collect data to enable the property transfer process. This may include informative meetings or distribution of notices in other media to let the community know what is happening and why. This step is aimed at getting community support for the project.

Media

Tracing Beneficiaries

Where beneficiaries are alive but cannot be contacted, housing authorities may be required to advertise in a newspaper or on a digital platform to notify beneficiaries to come forward.

Title Deed Handover

In some cases there may be a public event with a press briefing when title deeds are handed over. In other cases, housing authorities may issue a press release to inform the public that title deeds have been handed over in a given area.