Low-income rental housing: are South African cities different?

Gilbert, Alan; Mabin, Alan; McCarthy, Malcolm; Watson, Vanessa

doi:10.1630/095624797101287480

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“…Most landlords across Africa, Asia and Latin America have no more than a couple of properties, and often live on the same property as their tenants (Rakodi, 1995;Watson & McCarthy, 1998). Despite the wide variations in tenure described above, obvious relationships of exploitation are not common (UN Habitat, 2003), with a number of studies reporting benign arrangements (Gilbert et al, 1997;Gordon & Nell, 2006;Kaitano, 2001), or even positive arrangements (Rakodi, 2002). Often a mutually dependent relationship develops, with the landlord relying on the tenant for their livelihood (Cadstedt, 2010).…”

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“…Often a mutually dependent relationship develops, with the landlord relying on the tenant for their livelihood (Cadstedt, 2010). 23 Interestingly, however, despite what could develop Schlyter (2003) reports that resident owners preferred maintaining commercial relationships with their lodgers, rather than opening their rooms and spaces up to family and friends as in Datta's (1996) Few landlords were found to be profit maximisers (Gilbert et al, 1997).…”

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Accommodation and Tenuous Livelihoods in Johannesburg’s Inner City: the ‘Rooms’ and ‘Spaces’ Typologies

Mayson

Charlton

2015

Urban Forum

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! 'Rooms' and 'spaces' are two closely linked forms of accommodation where the unit of occupation and exchange is a portion of a larger building or property, within which services and facilities are shared. 'Rooms' and 'spaces' in the inner city represented two of very few typologies research participants were aware of that allowed them access to the livelihood opportunities Johannesburg had to offer. Through participant observation and qualitative interviews this study explores two buildings featuring informal rooms and spaces and one building featuring formal rooms and spaces in Johannesburg's inner city. While formal rooms represented the most stable support to those specific occupants, there were several 'barriers to entry' including the prerequisite of a stable income. There was much to be learnt from the flexibility and diversity of rooms and spaces on the informal market, which enabled occupants to cope with insecure livelihood opportunities. The research demonstrated the incredible resilience of occupants in the face of an extreme shortage of affordable accommodation in Johannesburg's inner city (Tissington, 2013). However, the findings suggested an adverse relationship between accommodation and livelihoods demonstrated by the three 'forms' of rooms and spaces, where the only form available to people with the least secure livelihoods is that which, in turn, subjects them to the greatest insecurity.

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Section: A62 Review Of the Literature On Mobilitymentioning

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Section: A62 Review Of the Literature On Mobilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

Accommodation and Tenuous Livelihoods in Johannesburg’s Inner City: the ‘Rooms’ and ‘Spaces’ Typologies

Mayson

Charlton

2015

Urban Forum

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“…While across the globe, private landlords include both rich and poor, individuals and companies, in most parts of the developing world, majority of landlords operate on a small scale and a few are rich (Gilbert, et al, 1997;Gilbert, 2010). In Latin American cities, although there is often a substantial middle-class rental market where the landlords are themselves middle class, the typical landlord is now a former self-help builder (UN-HABITAT, 2003).…”

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Models for Investigating the Effectiveness of the Citizens Mediation Centre in the Resolution of Landlord/LandladyTenant Disputes in Lagos State, Nigeria

Kasumu¹,

Olufemi²

2017

IOSR JHSS

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“…The rental sector is not developed in the region for low-income residents, so access to housing is a main policy priority. Rental tenure rates in LAC are even lower than in other developing countries in Africa and Asia (Andreasen 1996;Gilbert et al 1997).…”

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Urban infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: public policy priorities

Jaitman

2015

Lat Am Econ Rev

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Latin America and the Caribbean is the most urbanized region in the developing world. Its urbanization rate of almost 80 % is comparable to that of high-income countries. However, cities in the region are struggling to provide the infrastructure needed for their millions of residents to enjoy a decent quality of life. This paper focuses on analyzing three aspects of this challenge. First, it identifies the main problems in housing and transport infrastructure in the region. Second, it examines the effect of past interventions to improve the living standards of the urban poor. And third, it analyzes the relationship between housing supply and transport networks, two connected topics that shape the region's spatial urban patterns.

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Low-income rental housing: are South African cities different?

Cited by 14 publications

References 3 publications

Accommodation and Tenuous Livelihoods in Johannesburg’s Inner City: the ‘Rooms’ and ‘Spaces’ Typologies

Accommodation and Tenuous Livelihoods in Johannesburg’s Inner City: the ‘Rooms’ and ‘Spaces’ Typologies

Models for Investigating the Effectiveness of the Citizens Mediation Centre in the Resolution of Landlord/LandladyTenant Disputes in Lagos State, Nigeria

Urban infrastructure in Latin America and the Caribbean: public policy priorities

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