1 option
Shelter from the Storm-but Disconnected from Jobs : Lessons from Urban South Africa on the Importance of Coordinating Housing and Transport Policies / Somik V. Lall
World Bank Open Knowledge Repository (formerly "World Bank E-Library Publications") Available online
View online- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Lall, Somik V.
- Series:
- Policy research working papers.
- World Bank e-Library.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Backyard dwellings.
- Communities & Human Settlements.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Household mobility.
- Housing & Human Habitats.
- Housing Cost.
- Informal settlements.
- Land and Real Estate Development.
- Municipal Housing and Land.
- Real Estate Development.
- Subsidized housing.
- Urban Development.
- Urban Housing.
- Local Subjects:
- Backyard dwellings.
- Communities & Human Settlements.
- Finance and Financial Sector Development.
- Household mobility.
- Housing & Human Habitats.
- Housing Cost.
- Informal settlements.
- Land and Real Estate Development.
- Municipal Housing and Land.
- Real Estate Development.
- Subsidized housing.
- Urban Development.
- Urban Housing.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (42 pages)
- Other Title:
- Shelter from the Storm-but Disconnected from Jobs
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C., The World Bank, 2012
- System Details:
- data file
- Summary:
- 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 lens of new urbanism and coordination in planning this paper explores the possible impact of the program using data from the General Household Survey. The analysis of the program's beneficiaries relative to non-beneficiaries does not show that public housing provision has multiplier effects in terms of complementary private investments in housing maintenance or in upgrading. This is likely because Reconstruction and Development Program housing is often far from employment centers, with the houses built in the "old" apartheid locations that are disconnected from employment centers. In addition, households do not receive title deeds and are not allowed to rent out these dwelling. On the demand side, the authors carried out a small sample survey in Cape Town and find that, on a per hectare basis, shack dwellers are paying around the same for access to land as can be found in the up-scale market for undeveloped land. However, land zoning regulations and subdivision laws do not allow supply of small plots that are compatible with the affordability of poor households.
The Penn Libraries is committed to describing library materials using current, accurate, and responsible language. If you discover outdated or inaccurate language, please fill out this feedback form to report it and suggest alternative language.