Urban Law and Housing Policy in Zambia
type: CreativeWork
description: This dissertation attempts to evaluate the legal framework within which the government seeks to implement its housing policies, The government has made several policy statements in National Development Plans, housing programmes and circulars regarding the steps to be taken to eliminate housing shortage. This inquiry seeks to determine whether the law relating to housing enhances the implementation of the policies formulated by the government, It follows therefore that the term "policy'1 in this context is restricted to policy statements and A directives emanating from government sources, That there is a need for reform of the various legislative enactments affecting housing in this country is evident from the following observation in the Third National Development Plan: "There is an obvious need to co-ordinate legislation relevant to housing and to introduce amendments to various Acts which at present are hampering housing development in order to formulate a comprehensive legislative backing of the housing policies and to remove inconsistencies in the present legislation", Cap,330). The following legislative enactments appear to be of particular interest in this regard; the National Housing Authority Act, the Lands and Deeds Registry Act, the Land Survey Act, the Town and Country Planning Act, the Public Health Act and the Housing (Statutory and Improvement Areas) Act. These will be critically analysed in the work. Chapter One: This is an introductory Chapter which discusses the general urban housing situation in the country. It shows the various categories of land available for housing in urban areas, and urban land tenure generally. It also examines the institutions responsible for housing and the nature of the housing A problem which they are to solve. Chapter Two: The Chapter is concerned with the colonial housing policy and the law; as some of the housing policies being pursued were evolved during the colonial era, namely home ownership and housing tied to empl…
abstract: This dissertation attempts to evaluate the legal framework within which the government seeks to implement its housing policies, The government has made several policy statements in National Development Plans, housing programmes and circulars regarding the steps to be taken to eliminate housing shortage. This inquiry seeks to determine whether the law relating to housing enhances the implementation of the policies formulated by the government, It follows therefore that the term "policy'1 in this context is restricted to policy statements and A directives emanating from government sources, That there is a need for reform of the various legislative enactments affecting housing in this country is evident from the following observation in the Third National Development Plan: "There is an obvious need to co-ordinate legislation relevant to housing and to introduce amendments to various Acts which at present are hampering housing development in order to formulate a comprehensive legislative backing of the housing policies and to remove inconsistencies in the present legislation", Cap,330). The following legislative enactments appear to be of particular interest in this regard; the National Housing Authority Act, the Lands and Deeds Registry Act, the Land Survey Act, the Town and Country Planning Act, the Public Health Act and the Housing (Statutory and Improvement Areas) Act. These will be critically analysed in the work. Chapter One: This is an introductory Chapter which discusses the general urban housing situation in the country. It shows the various categories of land available for housing in urban areas, and urban land tenure generally. It also examines the institutions responsible for housing and the nature of the housing A problem which they are to solve. Chapter Two: The Chapter is concerned with the colonial housing policy and the law; as some of the housing policies being pursued were evolved during the colonial era, namely home ownership and housing tied to empl…
author: Mulimbwa, Anthony
author: Cyril
language: en
keywords: Zambia. City planning -- Law and legislation., City planning and redevelopment law -- Zambia., Housing -- Law and legislation -- Zambia.
date published: 2011-11-03
date modified: 2026-07-27T22:06:24Z
provider: University of Zambia
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Zambia