A housing conference, currently taking place, is looking at slum upgrading and prevention, taking lessons from various projects and programmes, including the UN-Habitat’s Participatory Slum Upgrading Programme. Speaking at the two-day Habitat III...
The City of Cape Town has assessed the damage caused by the recent petrol bombing and vandalism of its Sir Lowry’s Pass Village Incremental Development Area (IDA). An assessment was made of the 20 housing units razed by the petrol bombing incidents...
The City of Johannesburg is spending more than R500-million on the ongoing redevelopment and upgrading of single-sex hostels spread across the city and turning them into decent and livable spaces catering for whole families. In the main, the City’s...
The North West Province recently played host to a robust two-day Housing Planning Indaba in an effort to unblock hindrances and lay out plans to speedup provision of housing and other much needed infrastructure. The session which was held in...
