Informal settlements are a permanent feature of South Africa’s cities. Estimates from the General Household Survey by Statistics South Africa show that more than 26 percent of all households in the country’s si...

An RTF document on a business plan for Kasoli Housing Development by the Government of Uganda, DFCU Bank, and the participating community groups. The project aims to establish a partnership with both central an...

This is a book on the housing finance system in South Africa. This book gives a brief on the South African economy and demographics, and the history of housing in South Africa. It deals with government and publ...

This document is based on the social housing policy for South Africa describing the overall objective of the policy to create an enabling environment for the social housing sector to develop, grow, and deliver ...

This is a document of mortgage loan guidelines for project preparation designed by Shelter Afrique. The major objective of the effort is to promote housing in Africa. In order to achieve this objective, the Com...

Annual Report & financial accounts 2008 of Shelter Afrique. The company is a Pan-African housing finance and development institution, established by African Governments, the African Development Bank, the Af...

This is a presentation about the rural housing loan fund of South Africa. It also throws light on the development of housing microfinance (HMF) in South Africa and access to housing microfinance started in earn...

The construction industry is the main driving force behind industrial activities, for example, cement, steel & metallurgy, heavy machinery, equipment, and vehicles, etc, and many other plethoras of industri...

This is an area of significant undersupply in the African property sector. In the “Gap “ market where IHS operates in South Africa, there is a growing shortage countrywide of more than 600 000 housing units. Sl...

Huge housing deficit across Africa, running into tens of millions. It is estimated that informal (irrecoverable) housing accounts for more than 75% of total dwelling units in Africa; Sub-Saharan Africa has the ...

Until the mortgage crisis erupted in 2008, the housing policy of most nations focused on increasing home ownership. There had been very little discussion about rental housing, less about social housing, and vir...

What has led to the success of conversions in Johannesburg’s inner-city? Degeneration + flight of commerce. Large unhoused population. Availability of largely vacant buildings. Low price of convertible bu...

FOLLOWING the clamor for a conducive environment for Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITS) investors, a key player in the nation’s housing sector, First Security Discount House Asset Management Limited (FSDH AM...

This presentation is based on government assisted formal rental through Social Housing Programme (SH) and Community Residential Units (CRU).

This document is based on proposed housing sector incentives & market re-engineering measures by the Ministry of Housing of Kenya. Despite the importance of housing, the Kenyan housing sector is characteriz...