Spanning the spectrum: infrastructural experiences in South Africa’s state housing programme

Charlton, Sarah

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“…Moreover, state interventions tend not to meet the needs of informal settlement inhabitants, recognise their value, and thus do not address the wishes of residents (Burra, 2005, Charlton, 2018. Informal urban settlements house income-poor residents, and are built slowly and incrementally (Bhan, 2016).…”

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Equal Cities : IIHS Annual Research Conference Proceedings

Iihs¹

2020

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Urban ARC is the Annual Research Conference of the Indian Institute for Human Settlements (IIHS). The fourth edition of Urban ARC, ‘Equal Cities’, focussed on the conceptual, theoretical and practical understanding of notions of equality and equity in the context of a rapidly urbanising world. Panels engaged with the idea of equity and equality through a range of lenses, across theory and praxis, across geographical and spatial contexts, and discipline and methodologies. The conference was held from 16 to 18 January 2020 at the IIHS Bengaluru City Campus. These Conference Proceedings feature the extended abstracts submitted by the selected participants for Urban ARC 2020.

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Equal Cities : IIHS Annual Research Conference Proceedings

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2020

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“…Housing policy in South Africa in the post-apartheid era is dynamic, changing over the decades since the ANC government came into power. It has been widely evaluated and critiqued by housing experts (see Charlton, 2018;DHS, 2015;Cross, 2013;Tissington et al, 2013;Huchzermeyer, 2011;Charlton and Kihato, 2006;and Zack and Charlton, 2003), and this paper's aim is not to revisit this literature. Instead, the focus here is on the discursive binary (informal-formal housing) that was embraced by particular elements of the state in the earlier post-apartheid years in response to housing, and used to reference and inform policy approaches to informal housing.…”

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“…Beneiciaries' experiences of formal state-provided housing are often positive but also mixed (Charlton, 2018;Zack and Charlton, 2003). Residents themselves are conlicted, as too are diferent residents within the same neighbourhood, meaning singular interpretations and evaluations are not possible.…”

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“…poverty) of urban living. Through formalisation, residents are experiencing, and creating through adaptation and other strategies (see Charlton, 2018), a semblance of urban inclusion in terms of gaining an asset and a foothold in the city. However, this is inevitably compromised, particularly in terms of reducing inequality (Anand and Rademacher, 2011).…”

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‘Marginalised formalisation’: an analysis of the in/formal binary through shifting policy and everyday experiences of ‘poor’ housing in South Africa

Meth

2020

International Development Planning Review

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This paper contributes to global debates over the in/formal binary through an analysis of the South African state's provision of formal housing to residents previously living informally or insecurely. Focusing on cases within the cities of eThekwini and Msunduzi, it uses a mix of empirical data from housing beneficiaries and government officials alongside an analysis of documents to examine the processes and experiences of housing formalisation. The paper makes two key contributions. The first is to argue for a stronger focus on the processes of dichotomisation of the in/formal binary. It illustrates the significance of a processual analysis by examining shifts in South African housing policy and residents' expectations of housing gain, noting a situation of hyperbole, where informal housing is regarded as unacceptable, to one of waning, where policy statements acknowledge a greater role for informality. The second contribution is to direct analysis to the idea of formal housing and processes of formalisation, as these have arguably received less attention in wider debates. The paper proposes the concept of marginalised formalisation to articulate both the shortcomings experienced by residents living in formal housing and also the misrepresentation of housing policy and government rhetoric of the benefits of formalisation. Marginalised formalisation is contextualised within ongoing urban poverty which frames this reality.

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“…In addition, very low-cost overnight accommodation and budget housing for workers, working households and job seekers should also be distributed in fair share across all localities. The need for this arises, for instance, from individuals reclaiming recyclables in suburban areas who, in some cases, have regular accommodation on the periphery of the city, but need short-term well-located overnight accommodation to complete their work rounds (Charlton, 2018). Provision of such accommodation requires support by both state and private sector, recognising the low incomes of many urban dwellers and the high cost of urban living.…”

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Urban land reform in South Africa: Pointers for urban policy and planning

Huchzermeyer

Harrison

Charlton

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Urban and reform is a relatively under-researched and-considered element of the broader land-reform debate. This article reviews some of the key positions that have been explicated in the current urban land-reform debate, and seeks to extend existing contributions, fine-tune them and push the debate further. It does so by distinguishing the features of urban land, and considers these and their implications for the meaning of land reform. It also reviews the recently achieved, national policy consensus on urban development and planning, and concludes with suggestions on how to proceed with urban land reform.

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Spanning the spectrum: infrastructural experiences in South Africa’s state housing programme

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Equal Cities : IIHS Annual Research Conference Proceedings

Equal Cities : IIHS Annual Research Conference Proceedings

‘Marginalised formalisation’: an analysis of the in/formal binary through shifting policy and everyday experiences of ‘poor’ housing in South Africa

Urban land reform in South Africa: Pointers for urban policy and planning

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