A critical appraisal of the national housing policy reform and its implementation of the Build Together programme within the Khomas region (1991-2002)

The housing sector is no exception. The sector indeed experiences the dual role of being the target of people-centred social welfare reform whilst, at the same time, functioning as the driving agent of change in close co-operation with the Ministry of Regional and Local Government and Housing (MRLGH). In implementing one of the core areas of their mission, such as housing under condition of politico-economic and socio-cultural change, the MRLGH established the first National Housing Policy (NHP) in 1991. In anticipation of rural-urban migration and subsequent rapid urbanisation of core areas of development (i. e. Windhoek, Walvis Bay and Oshakati), the NHP fostered the institutionalisation of housing schemes for marginalised Namibians in an attempt to respond to the tremendous housing needs. Within the legal framework of the Housing Decentralisation Act, non governmental institutions like the Shack Dwellers Federation of Namibia (SDFN) together with the parastatal National Housing Enterprise (NHE) contribute to the provision of housing, approaching the issue from their different strategies. Operation-driven concepts such as the Build-Together-Programme complement the implementation of the NHP

Author dc:creator

• Mupurua, Juliet U.

• Housing development namibia
• Housing
• Community based projects

Language dc:language.iso

eng

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http://hdl.handle.net/11070/249

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oai:repository.unam.edu.na:11070/249