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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Housing access"”.
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Becoming (In)Dependent : Trends and Determinants of Parental Support in Housing Access in Hungary
A disszertáció a lakáshoz jutásban nyújtott szülői segítség alakulásán keresztül vizsgálja, hogy a család lakhatásban játszott szerepére milyen hatást gyakorolnak a lakásrendszer fejlődésének korszakai. A nemzetközi, elsősorban magas jövedelmű országok tanulmányozásán alapuló szakirodalom azt …
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Toronto's Housing Crisis: An Intersectional Politics of Housing and Settlement Services for Refugees
… I unpack the intersectional politics of the housing crisis in Toronto through the perspectives of frontline staff working in non-profit organisations. Two critical questions frame this study. Firstly, how have service providers addressed the housing and settlement needs of refugees in the …
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'A Bridge Over the Chasm': Rhetoric and Reflexivity in Housing Advocacy
As we cast housing in the language of crisis, development, shortage, and units, we lose sight of its value in the context of social relations and human wellbeing. The rhetoric that has evolved to explain gaps in housing access intersects powerfully with homelessness policy and advocacy, and ideas …
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Financialization of housing, social policy and inequality
The paper analyses the evidence and impact of housing financialization in South Africa. It gradually develops a mapping of the various interlinked characteristics of financialization and housing in the country. This mapping supports a structured discussion regarding the impact of housing …
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Refugee housing in the United States: improving the Refugee-Welcoming Rental Market
… refugees back up to pre-2017 levels. The housing system within USRAP is understudied compared to those of much-smaller refugee resettlement programs in Europe, Australia and Canada. Recently, however, housing access has imposed an unignorable operational parameter on USRAP as evidenced by …
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An analysis of how Zimbabwe’s international legal obligation to achieve the realisation of the right of access to adequate housing, can be enforced in domestic courts as a constitutional right, notwithstanding the absence of a specific constitutional right of every person to have access to adequate housing
… expressly guarantee every person a right to have access to adequate housing. However, the Government of Zimbabwe has an international legal obligation to achieve the progressive realisation of the right to have access to adequate housing by everyone in the country. This obligation is derived from …
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Caught in between policies: the intertwined challenges of access to land and housing in Gaborone, Botswana
… and guidelines tailored towards enabling access to land and housing in Gaborone suggests incongruences' inherent in these strategies. Besides, planners and policymakers' continuous oversight to recognise the complexities of the urban everyday survival strategies and the lived experiences …
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Prised out of paradise : reconsidering cooperatives, in response to climate gentrification in Miami's communities of color
… crisis has clearly rendered how a lack of stable housing, access to care, and the effects of climate change, disproportionately affect our communities of color. Contemporary development patterns demonstrate the inadequacies of unchecked neoliberalism, and its adverse effect on the development of …
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The role of women in the formalisation of housing and placemaking: The case of the Victoria Mxenge housing project
The formal housing system in Cape Town presents a daunting challenge, with a significant backlog and a growing demand for housing opportunities. Policy challenges persist, including the perception that informal settlements are temporary. Thus, there is a need for a more nuanced approach to housing …
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Valuing Affordability: Utility and Accuracy Optimisation An Econometric and Data Driven Approach
The problem of sustainable and affordable housing stock which is accessible to low income earners is particularly pronounced in developing economies. Housing solutions have the highest potential for social impact in these economies. Nonetheless, uncertainty exists around stock development choices …
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Empowering community and philanthropic funders: The case for investment in non-market housing
… New Zealand is in the middle of a prolonged housing crisis. This is marked by a chronic undersupply of private and non-market housing which has created social, health, and economic inequities. Māori communities are disproportionately affected, consistently experiencing the highest rates of …
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Exploring the enabling approach to housing through the Abuja Mass Housing Scheme
The magnitude of the housing problem in Nigeria is immense; the current deficit is around 12 to 16 million units. Government attempts to address housing availability has been a recurring theme throughout Nigeria's history. Yet, many government led interventions of direct provision have been unable …
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Ghanaians in the Bronx: (il) Legal Status and Pathways to Housing
How does legal status shape access to housing? This research explores the housing journeys of Ghanaian migrants in the borough of the Bronx in New York City to answer that question. The aim of this research is to understand the processes by which poor documented and undocumented migrants access …
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YOUNG PEOPLE AND HOUSING IN EUROPE: DIMENSIONS AND DYNAMICS OF INEQUALITY
Housing plays a central role in the allocation of social resources and it is a key component of overall social stratification. Since the last decades of the 20th century, the increasing commodification, deregulation and financialisation of housing in Europe has had significant consequences. These …