Community participation in low-income housing projects : experiences of newly-urbanised Africans in Mfuleni in the Cape Metropole
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1998-03
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Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch
Abstract
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the past the policy for the provision of low-cost housing was not very effective because the context of development planning was characterised by fragmentation, segregation and isolation from the targeted communities. The reasons for this are that these development programmes were not participatory and that they contributed to dependency rather than empowerment of communities. Selected case studies have shown that without the involvement of the community in planning and decision-making low-income housing projects cannot meet the needs and demands of the community for improvement in an effective and efficient way. One of the basic principles of The Reconstruction and Development Programme is that development projects should be people-driven. The policy framework clearly states that delivery systems in housing will depend upon community participation. This current study sought to determine whether delivery systems in low-income housing projects have made this paradigm shift - that they are participatory and need-driven. The study is descriptive and issue-oriented limiting itself to understanding the process of low-income housing provision to newly-urbanised Africans in Mfuleni, a peri-urban settlement in the Cape-Metropole. Interviews were conducted with 100 respondents male or female heads of households, using a semi-structured questionaire. The study gave respondents an opportunity to share their experiences regarding the process of community participation in housing provision.
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Thesis (MPhil (Public Management and Planning))--University of Stellenbosch, 1998.
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Dissertations -- Public management and planning, Community participation in low-income housing, Urbanisation, Low-income housing -- South Africa -- Cape Town, Housing -- South Africa -- Cape Town, Public housing -- South Africa -- Cape Town, Blacks -- Housing -- South Africa -- Cape Town, Theses -- Public management and planning