South Africa’s low-cost housing model is broken – study suggests how to fix it

By Adrino Mazenda, Senior Researcher, Associate Professor Economic Management Sciences, University of Pretoria

The backlog of subsidised public housing in South Africa is estimated at 2.4 million. In this interview, Hlengiwe Maila, a research fellow at the School of Public Management and Administration at the University of Pretoria, answers questions posed by associate professor Adrino Mazenda about possible solutions. Maila’s PhD…

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