Developing Affordable Housing Ecosystems World Wide
By: David A. Smith
The best thing to happen to the informal settlers of Cape Town’s Joe Slovo township began with a spark:
March 9, 2009
On 9th March 2009, a fire razed 500 shacks to the ground, and left 1,500 homeless.
(Unless otherwise captioned, all photos are from iKhayalami and cover the March 9-11 rebuilding days.)
What evolved [...]
Previous GBPO may be found here: GBPO 01.]
Continuing our if-the-opportunity-will series of Great Posts By Others (GBPO), here are three more provocative slices of the housing finance world:
Down these mean streets a blogger like Jockin goes
2.1 Business for Development
The site Business For Development [Hat tip: Yousuf Marvi] advertises Martin H. Klein’s book, Poverty Alleviation [...]
“Lieutenant,” said Zondi, “with respect, there is white man’s rubbish, and there is black man’s rubbish – and the poorer the black man, the bigger is the difference. A boiler boy, boss, is a very poor man indeed.”
– James McClure, The Song Dog, 1991, page 211
Few countries show greater contrasts than South Africa, and with [...]
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