INSITE Settlements Network advises how to plan, finance and put in place Urban Land and Housing Strategies
Who We Are
Our Services
- Capacity Needs Analysis
- Programme Support
- Policy & Strategic Research
- Training
- Facilitation of Processes
Project Sectors
- Urban Land & Housing Operations
- Housing & Development Finance
- Neighbourhood Economies
- Social & Rental Housing
- Sustainable Energy
Our Clients
- Government
- State-owned Enterprises
- Public Development Agencies
- Non-Profit & Private Organisations
- Neighbourhood organisations
INSITE is the pivot of a network of specialised micro-enterprise consultants.
We provide public, civil society and private sector organisations with the quality advice, strategies and capacity building initiatives necessary to deliver effective and sustainable human settlement programmes. Our work is rooted in community involvement so as to empower communities in South Africa to achieve worthwhile social and economic development.
Our knowledge covers Urban Land and Housing, Development Finance, Neighbourhood Economies, and Sustainable Energy. We do research, programme support, facilitation, capacity needs analyses and training in these sectors. We customise our services to client requirements. Every job is unique.
Our Latest Insights
Programme strengths-weaknesses 1 – CSP
Between 2012 and 2016 I (Paul Hendler) led a team of consultants for the Cities Support Programme (CSP). This is about the programme strengths-weaknesses. The CSP is a National Treasury (NT) project. CSP's purpose is to address the poverty, unemployment and...
Neo-Liberalism – Urbanisation Housing
Executive Summary A group of 14 people gathered at a home in Kalk Bay during 2017 to discuss the meaning of 'neo-liberalism'. Neo-liberalism - urbanisation housing. There is already an introductory trailer to this. We are all involved in concern for where our society...
Neo-Liberalism – Urbanisation Housing 1
Trailer - Introduction Video Here is a trailer for a longer video. This records the introduction to a discussion that I facilitated. The discussion was about Neo-liberalism. And its impact on South Africa's Urban and Housing strategies since 1994. Neo-Liberalism -...
Do the new Project Management Course!
During February I facilitated a Project Management Course. There were participants from four organisations. Habitat for Humanity South Africa. Shackdwellers International. Peoples Environmental Planning. And Making of Cities. The course venue was the Josephine Mill in...