According to our constitution all South African citizens have the right to adequate housing despite economic or political obstacles.
AFFORDABLE HOUSING MATTERS
Transforming SA’ s housing landscape
According to our constitution all South African citizens have the right to adequate housing despite economic or political obstacles.
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By Leanne Govender: sales manager, Nedbank CIB Property Finance
After achieving true democracy, the South African National Government made a constitutionally binding commitment to progressively realise the rights of all citizens to adequate housing; economic setbacks or political challenges cannot be allowed to diminish or remove these basic rights.
South Africa’ s high and increasing levels of poverty and unemployment, and still very low average household income, mean that a disproportionate number of individuals and families across the country are unable to participate in the housing market.
The heightened socio-economic challenges facing the country in recent years have exacerbated this issue and place increasing pressure on government to urgently provide access to affordable housing, particularly within the so-called gap market which caters for households earning an income of up to R15 000.
Of course, while the current economic issues certainly limit the country’ s economic momentum, they cannot be an excuse for South Africa’ s public and private sectors to reduce its focus on the all-important provision of affordable housing opportunities for all South Africans. The country’ s fiscal challenges must never be permitted to shift the focus away from transforming the concept of social or affordable housing. One of the many troubling legacies of apartheidera spatial planning was that it led to a belief that low-cost housing meant a basic shelter located wherever space permitted – which was usually on the urban periphery with little or no access to basic services, social amenities, transport or employment opportunities.
Local government has prioritised changing this perception and, as a result, the focus of affordable housing is now on delivering dignified housing in a way that enhances the quality of life of its occupants and, most importantly, gives them access to schools, healthcare, retail establishments, community areas, transport and employment opportunities.
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SINCE 1985
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