Planning of Low Income Housing Schemes

I have been asked to make a presentation on current hindrances to low-income housing delivery focussing on how best to achieve civic participation in the design of low-income housing schemes. The program for this consultative workshop has the following quotation from the National Housing Policy:

“Past experience clearly indicates that, without the active involvement and participation of broader civil society in the design of housing policies and strategies, those very policies and strategies are likely to fail in the objectives.”

The above statement recognizes that active participation and active involvement of beneficiaries are key to the success of housing policies and strategies. Although the philosophy and instruments of the enabling approach are clear and persuasive, there remain some difficult intellectual and practical challenges to resolve in housing policy.

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