Creator
Lauren Royston
Lauren Royston works as a senior associate at SERI on a part time basis. She focuses her work on research and advocacy in the “Securing a Home” theme. She was the organisation's Director of Research and Advocacy from February 2014 to March 2017.
Preventing illegal evictions prevents homelessness
A pandemic is a crisis that both exposes inequality but can also provide opportunities for better policy decisions from now on
The state must invest in rental stock for people earning less than R3 200 a month
Informal settlements, ‘bad’ buildings and overcrowding will increase without this government intervention.
Urbanisation: Low-cost housing not low-cost enough
There is still no formal plan to cover the need for cheaper inner-city accommodation.