Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) for housing delivery is gaining momentum across cities both in developed and developing countries. Government agencies for housing especially are challenged with meeting competing housing needs due to the increasing population, a trend forecasted to be on a continuous rise (Henderson, 2002, Cohen, 2006, Zhang, Jenerette. Urban centres in developing countries are currently experiencing a high population surge which is largely due to the push and pull factors between cities and their hinterlands. The bait is that the wealth of nations are concentrated in cities, serving as the investment hubs, centres of innovation, and places of opportunities (Robinson, 2002, Johnson, 2008). Since PPPs form a network of public and private organizations which mobilize various resources, skills, experiences in order to deliver on their collective set(s) of goals and objectives, they must be able to collaborate effectively and efficiently. Partnership collaborative capacities are therefore necessary and have been identified as an important factor if organizations in partnerships must realize their collective goals.

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