The emergence of large-scale housing programs: Beyond a public finance perspective

Buckley, Robert M.; Kallergis, Achilles; Wainer, Laura Sara

doi:10.1016/j.habitatint.2015.11.022

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“…In addition to upgrading, the last decade has witnessed a return to state-driven programmes of mass housing construction in the global South, including in some African countries (Croese et al 2016), but with reliance on private-sector delivery (in contrast to 1960s public housing programmes). Buckley et al (2016) chart this by analysing 16 so-called developing and emerging economies' current programmes for large-scale public housing construction (within Africa this includes South Africa, Angola, Democratic Republic of Congo, Ethiopia and Rwanda). Their analysis is pessimistic, with contemporary mass housing delivery mirroring the errors of the past in terms of: poor housing quality, weak integration into the existing city fabric, and an absence of innovative financing.…”

Section: State Housing and Housing Policy For The Urban Poormentioning

confidence: 99%

Living in state housing: expectations, contradictions and consequences

Lemanski¹,

Charlton²,

Meth³

2017

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Section: State Housing and Housing Policy For The Urban Poormentioning

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Living in state housing: expectations, contradictions and consequences

Lemanski¹,

Charlton²,

Meth³

2017

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“…By doing so, public administrations have been assuring private investment in affordable housing in many countries of the Global South (Bredenoord et al, 2014;Gilbert, 2004;Salcedo, 2010). Consequently, homeownership has become increasingly normalised as an endeavour accessible to those on lower incomes, mainly through market-driven housing programmes backed by public mortgage schemes (Buckley et al, 2016;Gilbert & de Jong, 2015;Monkkonen, 2011). The resulting commodification and takeover by private interest and finance (Rolnik, 2013(Rolnik, : 1059, creating uneven social and material C Most of the new low-income housing spread into urban peripheries that typically lack sufficient infrastructure to satisfy the needs of new residents (Boudreau et al, 2016;Libertun de Duren, 2017;Murray & Clapham, 2015).…”

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Peripheral urbanisation in Mexico City. A comparative analysis of uneven social and material geographies in low-income housing estates

Janoschka

Arreortúa

2017

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Large-scale housing programmes targeting low-income households have dramatically transformed Latin American cities over the last quarter of a century, creating uneven social and material geographies of peripheral urbanisation. Having experienced the sprawl of 600,000 housing units since the turn of the century, the Metropolitan Area of Mexico City can be considered a striking example of the profound territorial restructuring that has been taking place in cities across the continent. By considering nuanced perspectives rooted in political economy to address the alteration of space and place, this article analyses the social and spatial dynamics in peripheral lowincome housing estates in Mexico City. It draws from empirical research in two municipalities that have the highest metropolitan concentration of newly built low-income housing estates. The comparative discussion of the results demonstrate that mutually entangled processes of abandonment and insurgent appropriation of peripheral urban habitat in two neighbourhoods may be considered as facets of a political process that has promoted the financialisation of housing and a class-related urban restructuring.

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“…Instead, most public housing in the global south is on the peripheries of cities where land prices are lower, characterized by lack of adequate infrastructure and services, lack of access to job opportunities, and the opportunity to adapt housing to the changing needs of families (Buckley, Kallergis, & Wainer, 2016). Also, in many cases government subsidies have been unable to reach those in need of financial support due to stringent rules needed for their access (Sheuya, 2007;Stein & Vance, 2008;Solo, 2008;Mitlin, 2011).…”

Section: Debates On Access To Finance For Informal Settlements Upgradingmentioning

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“…Also, in many cases government subsidies have been unable to reach those in need of financial support due to stringent rules needed for their access (Sheuya, 2007;Stein & Vance, 2008;Solo, 2008;Mitlin, 2011). In addition, many governments of cities of the global south lack the financial resources and governance capacity to make adequate investments in housing and infrastructure for urban poor populations (Buckley, Kallergis, & Wainer, 2016).…”

Section: Debates On Access To Finance For Informal Settlements Upgradingmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Due to the rollback of governments as a result of the marketenabling strategy, as well as in many cases the presence of weak government institutions and lack of funds, the private sector (e.g. private developers) has taken a lead role in informal settlement upgrading interventions, in particular housing development (see Buckley, Kallergis & Wainer, 2016).…”

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Understanding formal and informal relationships in settlement upgrading for planning just and inclusive cities: the case of Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Alvarez¹

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Since colonial times a formal/informal divide entrenched in systems of urban planning in Phnom Penh, Cambodia has been used as a governmental tool by the state to marginalize and exclude informal settlements. This tool has also been used to impose a market-oriented model of urban development that is insufficient in progressing the aspirations, needs, and claims to justice of people living in these settlements. In fact, this model has led to the development of a highly unequal and unjust city. This problematic touches on a key aspect of planning knowledge which affects many other cities of the global south. Binaries are a characteristic of western thought and capitalism. This way of thinking reproduces a hierarchical worldview with a privileging pole and unequal power relationships by making divisions between formal/informal sectors, public/private property, ordinary/global cities, and individual/collective ways of life. Binaries turn the merely different into an absolute other and exclude and marginalize the reality of difference in cities. Despite growing evidence of formal and informal relationships in cities, most research has tended to concentrate on understanding these systems separately. My research addresses this knowledge gap. In this thesis I explain how formal and informal relationships are composed in the context of informal settlement upgrading practices in Phnom Penh with emphasis in three dimensions: a) land access, b) finance for housing, infrastructure and livelihoods, and c) political recognition. I use a case study of one informal settlement in PhnomPenh to evidence how the state is implicated in informality and how these relationships produce social and spatial inequalities. I also explain how formal and informal relationships are characterized by a negotiability of value of citizenship rights, were collective action plays a key role as a mechanism that vulnerable groups rely on to legitimize their claims and secure land, housing, infrastructure, livelihoods and political recognition. This research is guided by theoretical propositions on social and spatial justice, specifically processes of accumulation by dispossession that result from the financialization of land and housing. Within this framework, the concepts of space, power, and collective action are used to transcend exchange value and illuminate the use value of cities. II

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The emergence of large-scale housing programs: Beyond a public finance perspective

Cited by 64 publications

References 7 publications

Living in state housing: expectations, contradictions and consequences

Living in state housing: expectations, contradictions and consequences

Peripheral urbanisation in Mexico City. A comparative analysis of uneven social and material geographies in low-income housing estates

Understanding formal and informal relationships in settlement upgrading for planning just and inclusive cities: the case of Phnom Penh, Cambodia

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