Unpacking the Structure and Functioning of the Urban Rental Housing Market in Kumasi, Ghana
Irene-Nora Dinye,
Romanus Dinye
Abstract:Urban Housing in Africa is dominated by the private rental sector. The sector delivers over 90 percent of housing units in urban Ghana. In spite of this, the urban rental housing sector appears unstructured, complex and informal. Using Kumasi as the primary case, this paper sought to answer the following ques ons: How is Ghana's urban rental housing market structured? Who are the main actors in the market and what are their roles? How do the rela onships and ac vi es of these actors shape rental housing? Roote… Show more
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