GPF x YIPA Guest Lecture

The Gauteng Partnership Fund (GPF) in collaboration with the Youth in Property Association (YIPA) hosted a sold-out Guest Lecture at Wits University’s School of Architecture and Planning’s John Moffat building on 28 July 2022. The event formed part of the GPF’s 20th-anniversary celebrations and saw both organisations bring key stakeholders under one roof to empower youth in the built environment. The GPF is an agency of the Gauteng Department of Human Settlements and is mandated to serve as funding and implementing agent for integrated sustainable human settlement developments in the province. One of its various products is the Empowerment Entrepreneur Property Fund, which was designed to promote the participation of historically disadvantaged individuals and companies in the affordable rental property market. Of particular focus for this programme are first-time property developers, especially women and youth.