Exploring the competing rationalities between drivers of social housing and urban regeneration in the city of Johannesburg
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2006-11-14T10:01:07Z
Authors
Ramohlale, Selaelo
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Abstract
This report explores the link between social housing and urban regeneration in
Johannesburg. Social housing emerged to provide housing for people earning between
R1 500 and R3 500, while regenerating and integrating the inner city. In
Johannesburg social housing institutions operate in the context of the municipality’s
Vision 2030, implemented through the Inner City Urban Regeneration Strategy whose
focus is on renovating buildings in the inner city, with the increase property prices
and attract investment. From this it is hypothesized that the objectives of social
housing and urban regeneration are in conflict with one another because social
housing is meant for low income a specific income group which will not be able to
afford rent when property prices increase.
The case study focus is the contribution that Johannesburg Housing Company as a
social housing institution makes to property –led urban regeneration of the City of
Johannesburg and the eKhaya Neighbourhood Programme it initiated in the Pietersen
Street, Hillbrow. The report flags out the issues of who the beneficiaries of social
housing are, whether the objectives of social housing and urban regeneration are in
conflict or in synergy with each other, the implications of urban regeneration o
property prices and the impact of this on the ability of social housing to accommodate
low income earners in the inner city. This report is looked at from the theoretical
angle, which acknowledges multiculturalism, communication and power struggles and
conflicting rationalities.
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Student Number : 9805976V -
MSc research report -
School of Architecture and Planning -
Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment
Keywords
urban regeneration, social housing, Johannesburg