NASHO - ‘The amplified voice for the Social Housing Sector’ - was formed at an inaugural congress held in May 2002 and formally launched by the then National Housing Minister.

NASHO is a membership-based federation of 18 social housing institutions collectively owning and/or managing approximately 15,000 units and operating throughout the country. Affiliated/member institutions are all non-profit institutions and operate within rental, rent-to-buy, and co operative tenure options for low to middle income families.

NASHO serves its members with advocacy, information, and training. NASHO has members and associate members in all parts of South Africa, maintaining strong links between NASHO and its members in order to reduce the isolation of individual members and to ensure that services and information are widely available is a priority for the organisation. [more...]

NASHO’s Third National Congress was held on the 28th and 29th of June 2006 in Johannesburg. The Congress saw an impressive gathering of some 40 representatives from Social Housing Institutions across the country. They were joined on the second day of the Congress by representatives from government’s Social Housing Directorate in the National Department of Housing and allied organizations such as the Social Housing Foundation and the Support Programme for Social Housing.