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An investigation of the structures necessary for the enabling approach to housing process in South Africa to perform better : a comparative study of Wiggins Fast Track and Lovu Housing Projects.

dc.contributor.advisorAdebayo, Pauline Wambui.
dc.contributor.authorNgcongo, Khulekani Musawenkosi Beresford.
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-03T14:06:15Z
dc.date.available2011-02-03T14:06:15Z
dc.date.created2002
dc.date.issued2002
dc.descriptionThesis (M.Arch.)-University of Natal, Durban, 2002.en_US
dc.description.abstractThe right to adequate housing is recognized internationally as a basic human right. South Africa is one of the countries that include this basic right as one of the cornerstones in its constitution. Quite a number of ways and means have been implemented and various kinds of mechanisms have been put into place to kickstart and spearhead the process of providing shelter mainly to the poor segments of the communities in South Africa at large. Towards this end the South African Housing Policy is formulated around the notion of the enabling approach whereby state assistance in the form of a lump sum subsidy is given to households to enhance and intensify the beneficiaries' own efforts towards improving their housing. In other words the smooth operation of the enabling approach is to a large extent dependent on the individuals' substantial contribution in many if not all aspects of housing process. The study demonstrates that since the implementation of this enabling approach too little has been achieved in terms of housing delivery. The study therefore identifies three key issues (among other issues) that are seen as major bottlenecks in the implementation of the enabling approach in housing delivery for all. The study argues that in order for the beneficiaries to consolidate their housing, they need to augment their low-income with a loan or any other form of a housing credit. It is the central argument of this study in this regard that proper housing credit mechanisms suited to the circumstances of the low-income groups have not been adequately addressed. The study further observes that the majority of low-income groups do not have proper labour and employment skills in that these groups also lack access to employment opportunities. This study therefore adopts the position that proper structures need to be put in place in-order to eradicate these above-mentioned major hurdles standing in the way of the enabling approach. The study argues that if these issues are not adequately addressed, housing consolidation among low-income groups will remain a major problem and the enabling approach will eventually be regarded as non-viable and incompetent.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10413/2488
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectLow-income housing--South Africa--Finance.en_US
dc.subjectHousing policy--South Africa--Costs.en_US
dc.subjectLow-income housing--KwaZulu-Natal--Durban.en_US
dc.subjectHousing subsidies--South Africa.en_US
dc.subjectTheses--Town and regional planning.en_US
dc.titleAn investigation of the structures necessary for the enabling approach to housing process in South Africa to perform better : a comparative study of Wiggins Fast Track and Lovu Housing Projects.en_US
dc.typeThesisen_US

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