SOUTH AFRICAN HOUSING LITERATURE‚ 1999-2003 Prepared as a briefing document for delegates to the 2003 Housing Summit Compiled by Dr Marie Huchzermeyer Postgraduate Housing Programme‚ Wits University Commissioned by the Department of Housing‚ Pretoria Funded by the Housing Finance Resource Programme February 2003 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Housing policy 1.1 Policy commentary 1.2 Policy evaluations Governance 2.1 Government capacity for housing delivery 2.2 Housing institutions 2.3 Disaster
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com/locate/habitatint Sustainable urban development? Low-cost housing challenges in South Africa Allison Goebelà Environmental Studies and Women’s Studies‚ Queen’s University‚ Kingston‚ Ont.‚ Canada K7L 3N6 Abstract Low-cost housing provision has been a major focus of government in post-apartheid urban South Africa. While successes can be noted‚ there is growing concern regarding the social and environmental sustainability of housing programs and the impacts upon both the surrounding environment
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Williams & C Dair (2007). What Is Stopping Sustainable Building in England? Barriers Experienced by Stakeholders in Delivering Sustainable Developments. Sustainable Development Sust. Dev. 15‚ 135–147 • Yingxin Zhu‚ Borong Lin (2003). Sustainable housing and urban construction in China. Energy and Buildings 36 (2004) 1287–1297
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In 2010‚ President Obama enacted the Affordable Care Act. It place health insurance reforms which makes health care more affordable. It allows people to be in charge of their healthcare. This act has benefits for women‚ young adults‚ seniors‚ businesses‚ and pretty much everyone. It has many benefits such as providing protection against Health Care fraud‚ holding insurance companies accountable‚ consumer protections‚ improving and lowering healthcare costs‚ and allowing easier access to health care
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RUNNING HEAD: RESEARCH ARTICLE ANALYSIS Research Article Analysis The research article I chose to analyze‚ Housing First Services for People who Are Homeless with Co-Occurring Serious Mental Illness and Substance Abuse‚ studied the outcomes of alcohol and substance abuse as well as participation in substance abuse and mental health treatment between people in housing first programs and treatment first programs in New York City. The two research questions asked were‚ “Are there group differences
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Everyday when I am driving to college‚ I see homeless people on the side of the road and I can’t help wondering if there is any way I could help them out. Housing First is a program solely dedicated to giving chronically homeless and homeless citizens a home first‚ although this program is mainly intended for chronically homeless citizens it can also be used by homeless citizens. Chronically homeless citizens have been living on the streets for more than a year‚ and homeless citizens have been living
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H.HSheikh Zayed Housing Programme (Housing for Locals…) Muhammad Azeem A Research Study Abstract The purpose of this study is to provide people the awareness of Shaikh Zayed’s Housing Project and to provide them right kind of information but just at the single place. This study is updated and provides a reader all sort of information that he/she wants about Sheikh Zayed’s Housing Project. The material is taken from internet and is a result of my detailed web-research. The contents written
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Filipinos. The Philippines has been struggling years to solve the issue of poverty particularly in passing housing projects for the poor. The Philippines had been starting to solve this issue since the 70s and even in the 30s!The first government housing agency established in 1938. This was the Peoples Homesite Corporation(PHC). Along with this establishment; after seven years‚ the National Housing Commission
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High housing prices in Shanghai The topic of my presentation is making analysis into three parts—current situation‚ cause and solution. The first part—current situation. Now‚ many experts still believe that housing prices continue to rise; just because of limited land. The range of rise in housing price exceeds the range of rise in resident income. It makes lots of low and middle-income people worried about their own houses. Housing revenue rate is increasing‚ so real estate plays an important
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Nowadays ‚ Housing Problem is very serious in Hong Kong . Many people such as the elderly and the fresh graduates ‚ most of them can’t have the flats for living and some need to live in the subdivided units . Our chief executive ‚ Mr. CY Leung just announced his first policy address ‚ in the housing aspects ‚ he suggested that building more flats for the citizens . However ‚ I think it’s only a long term solutions ‚ the flats will be finished in 2018 ‚ but the housing problem is a very urgent needs
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