Low-cost housing in Witzenberg local municipality

Philander, Theresa-Anne

dc.contributor.advisor	Khumalo, P.
dc.contributor.advisor	Nealer, E. J.
dc.contributor.author	Philander, Theresa-Anne
dc.date.accessioned	2017-07-01T13:32:52Z
dc.date.available	2017-07-01T13:32:52Z
dc.date.issued	2017-02
dc.identifier.citation	Philander, Theresa-Anne (2017) Low-cost housing in Witzenberg local municipality, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22767>
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22767
dc.description.abstract	ABSTRACT The purpose of the study is to evaluate the housing process of Witzenberg Local Municipality and determine the involvement of the community and their perception regarding the whole process. The researcher is using a qualitative method to obtain the views, perspectives and feelings of the participants. For the purpose of the study is data collection limited to the sample population of people on the waiting list and those already in possession of low-cost house of the seven townships in the Witzenberg Local Municipality to. The researcher made use of questionnaires and interviews to collect data to make a profound finding and recommendation. In Witzenberg, 41% of households earn less than R30000 per annum (Witzenberg Local Municipality 2012: Online) which indicate that the Witzenberg Local Municipality has a high need for subsidized housing. The waiting list for low-cost housing in the Witzenberg Local Municipality currently stands at 6278 of which 1478 are a blocked housing project and a backlog of 4800 houses. The inhabitants of the Municipality received low-cost housing 8 years ago (Witzenberg Local Municipality 2012: Online). Witzenberg Local Municipality does has a housing problem, which stems from finance, affordability, insufficient land to erect housing projects, overcrowding, and quality of housing, staff shortage, unemployment, uncontrolled farm evictions and community involvement (Witzenberg Local Municipality 2007a:Online). Low-cost housing is in demand to address the challenges. Farm evictions, influx into the Witzenberg Local Municipality and forming of informal dwellings and increasing of squatter camps hold a serious threat to build sustainable, quality low-cost housing in the Witzenberg Local Municipality and with limit staff is in-flux control very hard to manage. Although the homeowners of the Witzenberg Local Municipality are happy to have received houses, they expressed much concern about the poor construction work, overall quality of the materials used as well as the housing process adopted by the Witzenberg Local Municipality.	en
dc.format.extent	1 online resource (ix, 136 leaves) : color illustrations	en
dc.language.iso	en
dc.subject	Low-cost housing	en
dc.subject	Challenges	en
dc.subject	Community involvement	en
dc.subject	Role of government	en
dc.subject	Quality of houses	en
dc.subject	Service delivery	en
dc.subject	Uncontrolled farm evictions	en
dc.subject	Overcrowding	en
dc.subject	Waiting list	en
dc.subject	Housing backlog	en
dc.subject.ddc	363.596942096873
dc.subject.lcsh	Low-income housing -- South Africa -- Western Cape	en
dc.subject.lcsh	Community development -- Citizen participation -- South Africa -- Western Cape	en
dc.title	Low-cost housing in Witzenberg local municipality	en
dc.type	Dissertation	en
dc.description.department	Public Administration	en
dc.description.degree	M. Admin.