Social housing is vital - Opportunists are trying to derail it
CATEGORY: General
DATE: 4 May 2021
AUTHOR: Architect Africa
DATE: 4 May 2021
AUTHOR: Architect Africa
A 2018 paper from Andreas Scheba and Ivan Turok for the Human Sciences Research Council paints a terrible picture: “According to the review undertaken by SHRA, 12,168 of 19,630 total units that were financed between 1996 and 2006 through the Institutional Housing Subsidy Programme (IHSP) failed, were in distress or were not viable (receive support from municipalities or donors). This is 62% of the total number of units financed through the IHSP. In comparison, 18% of projects financed through the Interim Social Housing Programme between 2007 and 2010 were in distress.”
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