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 16 social housing institutions with one affiliated member, collectively owning and/or managing 23044 units and operating throughout the country. Affiliated/member institutions are all non-profit institutions operating within the rental and co operative tenure options for low to middle income families.

The National Association of Social Housing Organisations 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 is a priority for the federation, in order to reduce the isolation of individual members and to ensure that services and information are widely available. [more...] 

Last years Annual General Congress was held on the 1st and 2nd of June in Johannesburg.  A successful and well attended congress saw members gather from all over South Africa to discuss and agree on the way forward for NASHO. 

Be sure to view our NASHO Year Planner for important dates to diarise during 2010.  You can click on the pdf file at the bottom of the page to download our 2010 Year Planner.  This will give you dates for an upcoming meeting scheduled for 19th August and the Annual General Congress later this year.  The NASHO Year Planner will be updated from time to time, so please check in regularly.

You are welcome to browse our site to learn more about NASHO, our aims and objectives.  To learn more about our members, please go to our Member page where you will find their contact details [more...].

The News items highlighted to the right of your screen will also keep you abreast of the Social Housing news, Members news or articles related to Social Rental housing in South Africa. Social Housing news currently making headlines is the launch of the Social Housing Regulatory Authority (SHRA), naming the Council members and our Pretoria based member, Yeast City Housing's launch of their TAU project by Minister Sexwale in August 2010.

The Gallery provides snapshots of our members' buildings, the Building Based Managers Training programme and the NASHO stand at the Southern African Housing Foundation International Conference & Exhibition in October 2009 [more...].

Social Housing aims to contribute towards restructuring South African society through economic, social, spatial location and functional housing opportunities. It aims to achieve economic empowerment, integration, sustainable human settlements and improving the overall functioning of the housing sector by widening the range of affordable housing options available (rental housing).  Social Housing targets facility rich areas, all within walking distance or well connected to the transport network.

 Click on the links below to visit affliated websites.

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