Informal Transactions of Low Income Houses in South Africa: A Case Study of eThekwini Municipality

Sandile Mbatha

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Informal Transactions of Low Income Houses in South Africa

A Case Study of eThekwini Municipality

Sandile Mbatha

Language: English

Published/Copyright: 2022

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Through a series of intricate informal processes and human-centric institutional arrangements, beneficiaries of South African government-subsidized housing force formally registered properties into informality. Sandile Mbatha explores the concept of informality in relation to how such beneficiaries challenge predominant understandings of property relations. These practices are embedded in complex urban tenure dynamics that prevail in post-colonial societies; societies, in which the state's imposition of predominantly western forms of tenure and property rights ignore the anthropological nature of housing.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	1
Editorial Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	2
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	5
Abbreviations and Acronyms Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	7
Chapter 1: Introduction Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	9
Chapter 2: Conceptualizing the Housing Discourse Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	35
Chapter 3: Institutional Responses to the Housing Need in South Africa Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	59
Chapter 4: Embeddedness of Transaction Practices in Culture, Society, Law and Property Rights Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	79
Chapter 5: Context of State of Housing in Low-Income Settlements in eThekwini Municipality Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	117
Chapter 6: Perspectives on Informal Housing Transactions from above: State Actors, Practitioners and Academics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	127
Chapter 7: Perspective on Informal Housing Transaction from below: Beneficiaries and Community Actors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	163
Chapter 8: Interpretation of Findings Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	199
Chapter 9: Conclusions and Recommendations Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	221
References Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed	223

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July 20, 2022

eBook ISBN:

9783839462799

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244

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13

https://doi.org/10.1515/9783839462799

eBook ISBN: 9783839462799

Keywords for this book

Informality; Informality; Housing; Housing; Markets; Markets; Culture; Culture; Citizenship; Citizenship; Architecture; Architecture; City; City; Social Inequality; Social Inequality; Urban Studies; Urban Studies; Urban Planning; Urban Planning; Africa; Africa; Sociology; Sociology

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For an expert adult audience, including professional development and academic research

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