Lessons in sustainable development for South Africa from the affordable housing policy of the BRICS countries

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dc.date.accessioned 2023-03-29T19:02:16Z
dc.date.available 2023-03-29T19:02:16Z
dc.date.issued 2023-03-29 en
dc.identifier.uri http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/20327
dc.description.abstract Twenty-eight years into post-apartheid democracy, housing provision in South Africa remains dominated by the apartheid government's legacy of spatial and socioeconomic inequality. Social cohesion is poor and environmentally unsustainable living conditions are rife in the country's informal settlements. Despite the government's efforts, housing provision is caught between providing housing for the most disadvantaged and vulnerable and those wishing to access the housing market but who cannot because they have limited access to housing finance and also do not earn enough. The latter live mostly in rented accommodation on the edges of homeownership and housing provision. Households from this segment (known as the 'gap market') are marginalised, living in slums, with little or no access to shelter, water and sanitation, transport and waste removal. Thus far, government policy for the gap market has resulted in a backlog in the supply of affordable, sustainable housing in general, and affordable housing in particular. This chapter reviews sustainable public housing policy in South Africa and other BRICS countries to report on lessons for improving affordable housing policy in the context of sustainable development. en
dc.format.medium Print en
dc.publisher HSRC Press en
dc.subject SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT en
dc.subject AFFORDABLE HOUSING en
dc.subject BRAZIL-RUSSIA-INDIA-CHINA-SOUTH AFRICA (BRICS) en
dc.subject POLICY IMPLEMENTATION en
dc.title Lessons in sustainable development for South Africa from the affordable housing policy of the BRICS countries en
dc.type Chapter in Monograph en
dc.description.version Y en
dc.ProjectNumber TRAMAA en
dc.BudgetYear 2022/23 en
dc.ResearchGroup Developmental, Capable and Ethical State en
dc.ResearchGroup Inclusive Economic Development en
dc.SourceTitle The BRICS in Africa: promoting development? en
dc.SourceTitle.Editor April, F.Y. en
dc.SourceTitle.Editor Kanyane, M. en
dc.SourceTitle.Editor Davids, Y.D. en
dc.SourceTitle.Editor Chetty, K. en
dc.PlaceOfPublication Cape Town en
dc.ArchiveNumber 9812771 en
dc.PageNumber 229-251 en
dc.outputnumber 14275 en
dc.bibliographictitle Josie, J., Chetty, K. & Davids, Y.D. (2023) Lessons in sustainable development for South Africa from the affordable housing policy of the BRICS countries. In: April, F.Y., Kanyane, M., Davids, Y.D. & Chetty, K. (eds).The BRICS in Africa: promoting development?. Cape Town: HSRC Press. 229-251. en
dc.publicationyear 2023 en
dc.contributor.author1 Josie, J. en
dc.contributor.author2 Chetty, K. en
dc.contributor.author3 Davids, Y.D. en


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