Which countries have developed a systematic approach to housing policy that addresses effectively different modalities of housing provision (government, market, civil society) and housing options (informal/formal, finished/incremental, ownership/rental)? I am currently preparing a presentation on urban development challenges in the Global South and would like to show some telling success stories of the Global South. Thank you for all your help and input!
The key concepts, "systematic" and "approach" need to be located in the actual lived experiences of people, [cf Pierre Bourdieu etc in this regard]. In this case you have to contrast different housing policies in different socio-historical contexts and then try to define what would be considered as "systematic" and "approach" in general and in relation to your own research context (s) -- as there are different systems and approaches. See my work on Pierre Bourdieu, etc
Best wishes with your research!
John J
Dear John and Napoleon. Thank you for your answers. For now, I am only interested in specific examples (national, often self-proclaimed success stories of systematic approaches to housing provision). What you are outlining would be the next step of analysis. If anyone knows examples, thank you for sharing your insights.
Well, a "success story" could be China.
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Athony,
good morning, South African time:
Thank you for your reply. With regard to the specificity of your question, I am happy to respond as follows:
1. Kindly see
https://www.zimelecommunity.co.za
This grassroots-driven empowerment housing programmes have the following aim and mission, as outlined on their website:
Our Aim is to:
· Develop income sources in rural areas prone to poverty.
· Enable women to develop sustainable business ideas.
· Build on existing craft and enterprise skills.
· Produce high quality products that appeal to the national and international consumer.
· Expand access to local, national and international markets.
Our Mission is to:
· To fight hunger and poverty in a sustainable manner by empowering women through the building of skills development in order to create their own business micro-enterprises.
Zimele Developing Community Self-Reliance is a non-profit organisation based in Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. We bring sustainable and lasting change to communities through our social enterprise development and women’s empowerment projects. We work in remote, impoverished rural areas since our inception in early 2007. Zimele is a Zulu word and means “people stand on their own feet” and the project has proved successful by achieving lasting change and transforming the lives of the poor. Zimele Community acts as a facilitator, leading women towards belief in their personal ability to work their way out of poverty; thus reducing poverty, injustice and building democratic values.
2. My own work, based on my PhD thesis, partly accessible, upploaded via Researchgate.com ,due to be published within the next few years/moths, are STILL, perhaps, more than ever relevant than before, as it captures grassroots movements which, amongst others, focused on housing problems in poor communities [still under Apartheid Regime].
Best wishes with your interesting research!
John J
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