Can social housing help to integrate divided cities?
SOURCE: Cambridge Journal of Regions, Economy and Society
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): I.Turok, A.Scheba, J.Visagie
KEYWORDS: SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT, URBAN AREAS
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 12812
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/18946
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/18946
OUTPUT TYPE: Journal Article
PUBLICATION YEAR: 2021
TITLE AUTHOR(S): I.Turok, A.Scheba, J.Visagie
KEYWORDS: SOCIAL TRANSFORMATION, SPATIAL DEVELOPMENT, URBAN AREAS
DEPARTMENT: Equitable Education and Economies (IED)
Print: HSRC Library: shelf number 12812
HANDLE: 20.500.11910/18946
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11910/18946
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Abstract
Social housing has the potential to contribute to economic inclusion and urban integration if it is well-located. However, this is complicated by economic forces that shape land and property markets and constrain the ability of social housing organisations to afford suitable sites for development on the open market. The paper shows how South Africa's transformative vision for social housing has been diluted by the gradual spatial drift of projects from the accessible urban core towards outlying areas. Poor coordination has meant that social housing organisations have operated in relative isolation without the consistent government support required to obtain surplus public land in well-situated areas.-
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