Augmented informality: South Africa's backyard dwellings as a by-product of formal housing policies
Augmented informality: South Africa's backyard dwellings as a by-product of formal housing policies
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10.1016/j.habitatint.2009.03.002
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发表时间：
2009-10-01
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6.8
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Lemanski, Charlotte
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作者：
Lemanski, Charlotte
与其他非洲城市一样，城市贫民住房不足和不足在南非由来已久。南非近五分之一的城市家庭居住在非正式住宅中。虽然大多数人住在非正式住区，但也有相当比例的人在另一处房产的后院建立了非正式结构(基本上是“棚屋”)，这是一种明显的南非现象。注重升级和/或消除非正式住区的住房政策历来忽视了后院住宅。以前，后院的居民被认为是被边缘化的，生活条件恶劣，被傲慢的房东剥削。然而，种族隔离后为穷人提供国家资助的住房改变了后院住房的性质，创造了一个新的现金匮乏的房主阶层，他们依赖于后院居民的租金收入，从而确保了房东和房客之间更公平的权力钟摆。本文利用在开普敦一个低收入国家补贴住房定居点进行的研究，探讨了非正式后院住房的新维度，包括房东和租户，这是南非正式住房政策的结果。(C)2009爱思唯尔有限公司。保留所有权利。
Insufficient and inadequate housing for the urban poor has a long history in South Africa, as in other African cities. Nearly one-fifth of urban households in South Africa reside in an informal dwelling. While most live in informal settlements, significant proportions have erected informal structures (essentially 'shacks') in the backyard of another property, a distinctly South African phenomenon. Backyard dwellings have historically been overlooked by housing policies that focus on upgrading and/or eradicating informal settlements. Previously, backyard dwellers were perceived as marginalised, living in appalling conditions and exploited by cavalier landlords. However, the post-apartheid provision of state-funded housing for the poor has altered the nature of backyard housing, creating a new class of cash-poor homeowners who are dependent on income from backyard dwellers' rent, thus ensuring a more equitable power pendulum between landlord and tenant. This paper uses research conducted in a low-income state-subsidised housing settlement in Cape Town to explore the new dimensions of informal backyard housing, both for landlords and tenants, as a consequence of South Africa's formal housing policies. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.