HOUSING EDUCATION By Ethel Matenge-Sebesho 1 Housing Education - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Home Loan Guarantee Company HOUSING EDUCATION

By Ethel Matenge-Sebesho

AFRICAN UNION FOR HOUSING FINANCE CONFERENCE 8 – 11 SEPTEMBER, 2009 MAPUTO, MOZAMBIQUE

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 Background

 Housing tends to be a long-term financial commitment with

associated advantages and disadvantages eg :

 Some employers in an attempt to assist employees to acquire

housing, will encourage the use of Pension/Provident Funds as collateral, but when the employees default on the loans, they could lose both property and pension

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 Background (continued)

 Some people, in desperation to acquire housing will do so

through micro-loans, which could be costly and short-term to finance a long-term commitment

 Others, still will purchase property when all they need is

accommodation and in most cases they are not yet ready to own property

 In order to mitigate against all the above issues, people need

to be educated, even before they consider any housing/accommodation option

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 Introduction

 This presentation is going to cover the following topics :

The importance of housing education

 The target audience  Housing education programs  Education and training methodology  Tenure options – Advantages and disadvantages

 Owning  Renting  Social housing

 Affordability and Savings  Housing Finance

 Mortgage  Non-mortgage  Micro loans

 Contracts

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 WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

 Facilitates consumer protection  Promotes the benefit of home ownership  Fosters responsibility  Minimises default risk  Provides understanding of the housing finance options

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 WHO SHOULD BE EDUCATED?

 Aspiring home owners  First time home owners  Tenants  Train-the-trainers

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 HOUSING EDUCATION PROGRAMS

 Borrower education for :

 first time buyers  mortgage and non-mortgage

 Home ownership education :

 Current and potential home owners

 Tenant education :

 New and potential tenants

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 Education and Training Methodology

 The following methodologies should be used to

achieve the course aims and learning objectives

 Lectures – provide an information framework  Group discussions – increase the level of interaction between

participants, which in turn assists in the acquisition of knowledge

 Role-play – provides an opportunity for practice utilising

acquired knowledge and skills

 Evaluation – provides an opportunity to measure

understanding and to consolidate learning

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 The learning model

 Learning objectives should be clearly defined throughout the

course so that participants are aware of what they will be learning at each step. Participants should be evaluated after each activity to ensure that their level of understanding is monitored and maintained throughout the course.

 It is desirable to issue each participant with a certificate of

attendance on completion of the course attended.

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Education and Training Methodology

 Group Size

 The high level of interaction between trainer and

participants is important and this will restrict class sizes to a maximum of 20 delegates.

 Simulation exercises, such as budgeting exercise, require

this interaction to ensure understanding.

 Active participation is ensured for each participant because

• f small group sizes, frequent opportunities to ask and

respond to questions, group discussions and structured interaction with other participants.

 In the case of the Train-the-Trainer course, the high

intensity training requirements will limit class sizes to a maximum of 9 delegates to a group.

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 Tenure Options

 Owning by building your own house or buying an existing

house

 Renting from landlord  Social housing

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Owning

 Understand Deed of Sale  Title Deed  Purchase price  Transfer costs  Bond registration costs  Service connection fees, water, electricity  Monthly municipal charges  Home loan instalments  Maintenance and repairs  Monthly insurance premium (home owner cover)

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 Advantages of owning

 Asset and grows in value

 Can run business from your house  Can rent out room and get extra income  Can sell the house at a profit

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 Disadvantages of Owning

 Long-term financial commitment  Monthly bond instalment, services, rates and taxes  Costly to maintain the property  Insurance costs  May take long to sell

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 Renting

 Understand the lease agreement  Rental deposit  Monthly lease rentals  Utilities expenses

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 Advantages of Renting

 Easier to exit the rented property  Not responsible for major repairs and maintenance  May run a business from rented premises (subject to prior

approval from landlord)

 Not responsible for rates and taxes  No insurance costs on the rented property (but must insure

your moveable assets)

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 Disadvantages of Renting

 No financial benefit from monthly lease rentals  No accumulation of wealth in the form of asset value

appreciation

 Rent will usually escalate (by 10%?) each year  Bound by the terms of the lease, i.e. cannot vacate the

property before expiry of the lease

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 Social Housing

 Offers different tenure arrangements :

 Rent-to-buy (instalment sale)  Rent – no arrangement to own unit  Co-operatives – ownership shared by members

 Understand instalment sale or lease agreement  In a co-operative, to sign a use agreement  Understand House Rules

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 Advantages of social housing

 Living in affordable, good quality housing  Be part of a close community  Have security of tenure, subject to adhering to terms of

agreement

 In a co-operative, contribute towards the financial growth of

the co-operative

 May be entitled to financial growth in value of property in a

co-operative

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 Disadvantages of social housing

 Have to live according to the House Rules  Monthly lease rental/use fee will increase each year  No title to the property, except in rent-to-buy, where title

is only registered after full payment of property value

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 Affordability and savings

 Budget and plan ahead for monthly expenses

 Use bonus to first pay off debts  Avoid opening clothing and other accounts  Avoid borrowing money from one person to pay another  Save, even if it is a small amount every month  Be careful of taking up a micro-loan with very high interest

charge

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 Housing Finance

 Understand role of Lender

 Cost of borrowing money - interest  Other costs, transfer fee, bond registration costs etc.  Different types of housing finance :

 Mortgage bond  Non-mortgage bond (Pension or Provident Fund backed loan)  Micro-loan

 Need to maintain clean credit record (Credit Bureau)  Rights and obligations of a borrower

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 Contracts

 Understand terms and conditions before signing

 “Cooling-off” period after signing some contracts  Be contractually capable to sign contract :

 be of sound mind  not sequestrated  be of majority age

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 Contracts (continued)

 Some housing related contracts :

 Offer to Purchase (Deed of Sale when it is signed and accepted)  Builder’s contract  Home loan agreement  Lease agreement