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   A long way home

   Following 26 years of core housing consolidation and the struggle to achieve a sense of dignity

   Policy Papers & Briefs

   January, 2013

   South Africa

   Urban Tenure

   land

   housing rights

   informal settlements

   urbanization

   land-use planning

   urban population

   urban areas

   This working paper by Tikvah Breimer previously of the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies (IHS) and Mark Napier previously of Urban LandMark, analyses the provision of core housing in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, specifically taking into account the residents' response to the state's delivery of core housing. It aims to explore to what extent the South African government's approach to providing large-scale housing addresses the relevant demands in the context of rapid urbanisation.

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   Shelter from the Storm--but Disconnected from Jobs : Lessons from Urban South Africa on the Importance of Coordinating Housing and Transport Policies

   December, 2012

   Africa, South Africa

   Urban Tenure

   informal settlements

   land use

   property rights

   urban areas

   urbanization

   zoning

   Informal settlements are a permanent
   feature of South Africa's cities. Estimates from the
   General Household Survey by Statistics South Africa show
   that more than 26 percent of all households in the
   country's six metropolitan areas live in informal
   dwellings. The government's policy efforts have focused
   on provision of subsidized housing, first introduced as part
   of the Reconstruction and Development Program. Through the