INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS UPGRADING (ISU)
The HDA supports Free State municipalities with technical planning, community engagement and engineering design to advance sustainable informal settlement upgrading. Achievements include:
- Development of 12 Informal Settlement Upgrading Plans for three district municipalities
- Enumeration, rapid assessments and feasibility work guiding future upgrading
- Technical support for the Mapetsana Informal Settlement Upgrade, delivering 138 serviced residential sites
- Implementation of internal services such as standpipes, water meters, and pipeline installations
These initiatives enable planned, phased and community‑centred upgrading pathways.






