Global Housing Affordability Index from Numbeo has revealed a concerning trend across African countries: a wide gap between ...

This project investigates how the economy of self-build housing contributes to urban and economic growth. Understanding what drives rapid urban growth is an urgent priority for African governments as ...

Heritage approval granted, but funding is uncertain and informal settlement families still need to be relocated ...

Experts say that the future of social housing depends on local governments in particular making life easier. South Africa's nascent social housing sector is facing systemic struggles. Rising ...

The WAEMU space is facing a deficit of decent housing of roughly 3.5 million units. An additional 250,000 houses would have to be built each year to address the combined impact of rapid urbanization ...

He noted that the 42-million housing deficit in Africa, with most of it coming from Nigeria, was a huge concern, saying, “Housing has become such a place of crisis that I think a state of ...

South Africa’s nascent social housing sector is facing systemic struggles. Rising construction costs, slow release of land, and insufficient grant funding are compromising the sector’s ability ...

The SIU is probing alleged corruption and maladministration across provincial Human Settlements Departments, as well as the ...

South Africa has a critical shortage of decent, affordable housing, and its cities continue to reflect apartheid planning. Social housing is the only of South Africa’s housing programmes that ...