Shelter from the Storm--but Disconnected from Jobs : Lessons from Urban South Africa on the Importance of Coordinating Housing and Transport Policies
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...
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okr-10986-120152021-04-23T14:02:58Z Shelter from the Storm--but Disconnected from Jobs : Lessons from Urban South Africa on the Importance of Coordinating Housing and Transport Policies Lall, Somik V. van den Brink, Rogier Dasgupta, Basab Muir Leresche, Kay ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO SERVICES AGENTS CITIES COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CRIME DWELLER DWELLING DWELLING UNITS DWELLINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EVICTIONS FEMALE HOSPITALS HOSTELS HOUSE PRICES HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING COSTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT HOUSING FINANCE HOUSING FOR THE POOR HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS HOUSING MAINTENANCE HOUSING MARKET HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING NEEDS HOUSING POLICY HOUSING PRICES HOUSING PROGRAMS HOUSING PROJECT HOUSING PROJECTS HOUSING STOCK HOUSING SUBSIDIES HOUSING SUBSIDY HOUSING SUPPLY HOUSING UNITS INFORMAL HOUSING INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS INHABITANTS INTERVENTION LAND ACQUISITION LAND MARKET LAND OWNER LAND PRICES LAND USE LAND USE REGULATIONS LANDLORD LOCALITIES LOW INCOME HOUSING LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR MOBILE HOMES MOBILITY NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS POINTS PRIVATE DEVELOPERS PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC HOUSING REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE MARKETS RENTING RENTS SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SELF-HELP SETTLEMENT SETTLERS SHELTER SQUATTER SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS SUBSIDIZED HOUSING SUBURBS TAXATION URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN LAND URBANISM URBANIZATION YC ZONING 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. 2012-12-21T20:34:56Z 2012-12-21T20:34:56Z 2012-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16611061/shelter-storm-disconnected-jobs-lessons-urban-south-africa-importance-coordinating-housing-transport-policies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12015 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;6173 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Publications & Research Africa South Africa |
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ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO SERVICES AGENTS CITIES COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY CRIME DWELLER DWELLING DWELLING UNITS DWELLINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT EVICTIONS FEMALE HOSPITALS HOSTELS HOUSE PRICES HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLDS HOUSES HOUSING HOUSING COSTS HOUSING DEVELOPMENT HOUSING FINANCE HOUSING FOR THE POOR HOUSING IMPROVEMENTS HOUSING MAINTENANCE HOUSING MARKET HOUSING MARKETS HOUSING NEEDS HOUSING POLICY HOUSING PRICES HOUSING PROGRAMS HOUSING PROJECT HOUSING PROJECTS HOUSING STOCK HOUSING SUBSIDIES HOUSING SUBSIDY HOUSING SUPPLY HOUSING UNITS INFORMAL HOUSING INFORMAL SETTLEMENTS INHABITANTS INTERVENTION LAND ACQUISITION LAND MARKET LAND OWNER LAND PRICES LAND USE LAND USE REGULATIONS LANDLORD LOCALITIES LOW INCOME HOUSING LOW-INCOME HOUSEHOLDS MAINTENANCE AND REPAIR MOBILE HOMES MOBILITY NEIGHBORHOOD NEIGHBORHOODS POINTS PRIVATE DEVELOPERS PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY RIGHTS PUBLIC HOUSING REAL ESTATE REAL ESTATE MARKETS RENTING RENTS SECURE PROPERTY RIGHTS SELF-HELP SETTLEMENT SETTLERS SHELTER SQUATTER SQUATTER SETTLEMENTS SUBSIDIZED HOUSING SUBURBS TAXATION URBAN AREAS URBAN DEVELOPMENT URBAN LAND URBANISM URBANIZATION YC ZONING Lall, Somik V. van den Brink, Rogier Dasgupta, Basab Muir Leresche, Kay Shelter from the Storm--but Disconnected from Jobs : Lessons from Urban South Africa on the Importance of Coordinating Housing and Transport Policies |
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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. |
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Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper |
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Lall, Somik V. van den Brink, Rogier Dasgupta, Basab Muir Leresche, Kay |
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Lall, Somik V. van den Brink, Rogier Dasgupta, Basab Muir Leresche, Kay |
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Lall, Somik V. |
| title |
Shelter from the Storm--but Disconnected from Jobs : Lessons from Urban South Africa on the Importance of Coordinating Housing and Transport Policies |
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Shelter from the Storm--but Disconnected from Jobs : Lessons from Urban South Africa on the Importance of Coordinating Housing and Transport Policies |
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Shelter from the Storm--but Disconnected from Jobs : Lessons from Urban South Africa on the Importance of Coordinating Housing and Transport Policies |
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Shelter from the Storm--but Disconnected from Jobs : Lessons from Urban South Africa on the Importance of Coordinating Housing and Transport Policies |
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Shelter from the Storm--but Disconnected from Jobs : Lessons from Urban South Africa on the Importance of Coordinating Housing and Transport Policies |
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shelter from the storm--but disconnected from jobs : lessons from urban south africa on the importance of coordinating housing and transport policies |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2012/08/16611061/shelter-storm-disconnected-jobs-lessons-urban-south-africa-importance-coordinating-housing-transport-policies http://hdl.handle.net/10986/12015 |
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