Housing Projects
latest news & developments
South Africa’s obsession with ‘Cities’
South Africa doesn’t need another “mega city” with big promises and no foundations. It needs cities that work – developments rooted in demand, affordability and local partnerships
Morocco’s twin city blues
Geographically, the cities of Rabat and Salé could not be closer together, but they are worlds apart
Gautengers move to shacks and gated estates
Shacks have increased by 204.7% and gated houses by 248.8%, showing a widening gap in the kinds of homes built in the country’s most populous province
Funding focus should be lower-cost urban housing
Increasing housing delivery to address the demand is unlikely to be achieved any time soon given low economic growth and fiscal consolidation
Megaprojects to deliver houses in South Africa might not work
South Africa needs to review its decision to deliver housing through megaprojects
City doing its best to provide homes for Capetonians — De Lille
"We cannot support a discriminatory approach to housing provision"
In the business of building shacks
Sheffield Road in Philippi has become one of the city’s best-known places to buy a shack, where builders make a living providing affordable housing.
‘Singh company’ in social housing row
Internal auditors condemn massive state funding given to builder linked to Tongaat mall collapse.
Housing: Home is where the heart isn’t
Evicted families forced to spend icy nights out on Jo’burg streets earn little sympathy from the state.
SIU ‘ignoring’ R60m housing graft
A police investigation into the disappearance of R60-million from a low-cost housing project in North West seems to have ground to a halt
Housing project launched in North West
A housing project worth over R50-million has been launched at the Skierlik informal settlement in the North West.