Transforming backyard shacks into decent flats: an urban housing solution
SOURCE: HSRC Review
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): I.Turok, A.Scheba
KEYWORDS: BACKYARD RENTALS, HOUSING DELIVERY, TOWNSHIP
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-march-2020/transforming-backyard-shacks
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11315
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15264
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15264
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2020
TITLE AUTHOR(S): I.Turok, A.Scheba
KEYWORDS: BACKYARD RENTALS, HOUSING DELIVERY, TOWNSHIP
Web link: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/review/hsrc-review-march-2020/transforming-backyard-shacks
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 11315
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/15264
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/15264
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Abstract
Largely below the radar, there is a boom in backyard flats under way in many South African townships. People who own a house but with no regular earnings are converting shacks in their backyards into solid rental units to meet the prodigious demand for decent affordable housing from the expanding urban population.-
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